RDA Briefing planned for 2010

CILIP is planning a new event on RDA: Resource Description and Access, which will mark the biggest change in bibliographic database management since the introduction of MARC21 ten years ago. Managers will have to make key decisions in the lead up to the implementation, and CILIP will provide a forum for discussion and debate on the key issues with a panel of expert speakers

Originally scheduled for autumn 2009, the Briefing is being postponed until 2010 because of unexpected delays in developing the new RDA standard. Once it is clear when the standard is to be introduced a new date will be announced. Meanwhile you can register your interest for the event and be informed when it is time to go ahead.

RDA is seen as the new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world, and it is being built on the foundations established by AACR2. It will provide a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media.

Meeting the challenges of strategic change

The need to tackle the challenges presented by this major strategic change has promoted CILIP to secure leading experts from across the library and information community to develop this Executive Briefing.

The Briefing will provide an overview of the new cataloguing code and its implications, and highlight the issues that really matter to those working at a strategic level.   Keynote speakers include Alan Danskin, Manager of Data Quality at the British Library, who will provide insight into the BL's rationale for planning its own move, and Ann Chapman, Research Officer at UKLON and Chair of the CILIP-BL Committee on RDA, who will speak on how we got from ACCR2 to here.

Other speakers will consider why the international cataloguing standards are changing, and address staffing and staff training implications including the bottom-line costs of adopting RDA - or failing to adopt it.