Getting Staff Ready for the New RDA Toolkit: Exploring Topics

Monday, June 27, 2022

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Location: Washington Convention Center, 154A-B

While the Official RDA Toolkit went live in December 2020, most organizations such as the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Policy Committee and Library of Congress are not planning on full training and implementation of the new guidelines until after October 2022. In this presentation Dorie Kurtz, a Cataloging Policy Specialist in the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division at the Library of Congress will discuss LC’s process for creating the LC-PCC PS’s and Metadata Guidance Documentation (MGD), demonstrate how to use them in conjunction with the Official RDA Toolkit, and update us on LC’s testing plan and training schedule.

Beth Picknally Camden, co-chair of the PCC Standing Committee on Training will provide information about the PCC’s plans for training and an explanation of how the PCC will make decisions regarding the RDA Toolkit, e.g. the process for deciding when to adopt, how to provide feedback about the LC PCC PS, etc.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to discover ways to support staff using the updated Official RDA Toolkit
Upon completion, participant will be able to understand and implement the updates or changes to the RDA to aid in better discovery of resources
Upon completion, participant will be able to contribute and engage in discussions around the updated Official RDA toolkit and metadata creation

Main Contact(s)

Cara M. Calabrese

Acquisitions & Access Librarian
Miami University

Moderator(s)

Cara M. Calabrese

Acquisitions & Access Librarian
Miami University
MK

Miloche Kottman

Head of Cataloging and Archival Processing
University of Kansas

Speaker(s)

DK

Dorie Kurtz
BP

Beth Picknally Camden