Hi,
I'm combining two messages of interest regarding RDA testing.
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April 21, 2010
The Library of Congress is sharing its files of policy decisions, training materials, etc., developed for its participation in the US RDA Test. Other libraries, whether participating in the RDA Test or not, are welcome to use and modify these files for their local situations.
Note that these files represent decisions just for the RDA Test. If the Library of Congress decides to implement RDA, some of the decisions may be changed as the result of feedback from the Test.
The files are posted at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html
Questions about the content of RDA and LC's documents for the US RDA Test should be sent to [log in to unmask]
Judith A. Kuhagen
Senior Descriptive Cataloging Policy Specialist
Policy and Standards Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540-4262
202-707-4381
202-707-6629 (fax)
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April 27, 2010
This announcement was recently posted on the CDS website.
Library of Congress Policy Statements (LCPSs)
Library of Congress Policy Statements (LCPSs) are being developed by the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) to offer LC test participants guidance on LC policy in the use of the new cataloging code, Resource Description and Access (RDA). The LCPSs are also being made available for the information of other testers and interested parties. Official launch of this new publication will coincide with the release of RDA by the American Library Association (ALA) scheduled for June 2010. The intention is to place links within the online RDA Toolkit from the RDA instruction to the specific LCPS that applies and from one LCPS to another as appropriate. Following the official launch, a period of instruction and testing will begin.
LCPSs also will be widely available beyond the RDA Toolkit. LCPSs will be fully integrated into Cataloger's Desktop. Free PDF versions will be available via links on the PSD website to the Cataloging Distribution Service's (CDS) free PDF download site. If there is sufficient demand, CDS will review appropriate print options.
Just as the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI) offered library catalogers advice for AACR2, LCPSs will provide information for RDA instructions to explain LC practice for the US RDA Test. LCPSs will be more focused, covering fewer topics and leaving more to cataloger's judgment than the LCRIs.
LCRIs will remain available for institutions that continue to catalog following the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2). LCRIs will continue to be updated through December 2010 and the free PDF versions will remain on the CDS free download site as needed by CDS customers. CDS will continue to sell printed LCRIs until the supply is exhausted.
For information on CDS products, contact:
Peter Seligman, [log in to unmask]
For information on LCPSs, contact:
Policy and Standards Division, [log in to unmask]
Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
Washington, DC 20541-4910, USA
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Phone: (202) 707-6100, Fax: (202) 707-1334
http://www.loc.gov/cds
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