With this message, the PCC Secretariat begins its monthly PCC RDA Update
messages to the PCC lists.
Rationale: PCC RDA transition activities are taking place at a fast
pace, and at many different levels of the PCC structure, from local
institutional activities, all the way up to the highest-level PCC RDA
task groups operating under the PCC Policy Committee umbrella. It is
hard for anyone to keep track of all of these activities. The PCC web
site is still the authoritative source for information on PCC RDA
activities, but it cannot keep you updated on what is happening in the
PCC RDA transition unless you check it regularly. So the PCC Secretariat
will be sending out monthly messages, informal in nature, that will
update you on what is happening in the PCC RDA transition. We will send
these monthly messages at least through March 31, 2013, the *Library of
Congress' RDA Implementation Day One*
(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/news_rda_implementation_date_120227.html).
Why March 31, 2013? Because *PCC Day One for RDA Authority Records* will
be harmonized with the *Library of Congress' RDA Implementation Day One*
as much as possible
(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/PCC%20Day%20One%20for%20RDA%20Authority%20Records.docx).
If you know of a PCC RDA transition activity that could be mentioned in
one of these monthly PCC RDA Updates, please contact me ([email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>) or the PCC Secretariat ([email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>). We will make every attempt to include the
activities you describe in a future RDA PCC Update, space permitting.
Best regards,
Paul Frank
On behalf of the PCC Secretariat
*****
PCC RDA Update, March 1, 2012
*1. RDA Task Group Activity---March 2012 deadlines:*
*TG to Formulate or Recommend PCC/NACO RDA Policy on Authority Issues
*(follow-on to Decisions Needed TG)
CHARGE
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/AuthorityDecisionsSCSChargeFinal%20111811.docx>
Preliminary recommendations on High Priority items delivered to the
Standing Committee on Standards on _January 15_ ;
Preliminary recommendations on Medium Priority items due on _March 15_
__
*RDA Provider-Neutral Model and Reproductions TG*
CHARGE <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/PN-RDA%20Charge.docx>
Final report submitted to Standing Committee on Standards by _February 28_
*Standing Committee on Training RDA Records TG*
_CHARGE
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/SCT%20RDA%20Records%20Task%20Group%20Charge_2011%20Nov.doc>_
Final report delivered to the Standing Committee on Training on _March 1_
*RDA and the BIBCO Standard Record for Textual Monographs *
CHARGE
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/scs/RDA%20BSR%20Charge%20--%20Final.docx>
Final report submitted to the Standing Committee on Standards by _March 9 _
__
*RDA Policy Statements TG*
CHARGE
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/RDA%20Policy%20Statements%20TG%20charge.doc>
Final report, including a calendar/timeline of proposed actions, due on
_March 15_
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*Hybrid Integrating Resources TG*(follow-on to Hybrid Records TG)
CHARGE
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/Hybrid%20Integrating%20Resource%20Records%20TG%20charge.doc>
Date of final report to PCC Policy Committee due _March 30_
*RDA Post-Implementation Guidelines TG *
CHARGE
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/RDA%20Post-Implementation%20Guidelines%20TG%20charge%20draft%2020120105.docx>
Final report due on _March 30_**
__
There are many other PCC RDA task groups at work. For a more complete
listing, see the Status of PCC RDA Task Groups
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/PCC-RDA-TGs.doc> document on the PCC web
site.
*2. The**Library of Congress announced its Long-Range RDA Training Plan
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/news_rda_implementation_date_120227.html>**on
February 27, 2012. In order to***set the training plan in motion, LC
needed to determine a target RDA Implementation Day One. As will be
seen in the plan, LC determined that date to be /March 31, 2013//./
*3. PCC RDA Training*
The PCC Secretariat is creating RDA NACO authority training modules
intended for use by independent NACO AACR2 catalogers as they transition
to RDA authority record contribution via the NACO Program. The training
modules will be available online via the Cataloger's Learning Workshop
<http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/> web site in early April 2012, and will
be in online format: discussion videos, demonstration videos, online
exercises, and live follow-up Q&A sessions. Participants who have
completed the online modules will undergo a review period for RDA NARs.
When the training modules are ready for posting and delivery, PCC
members will be notified via the PCC lists.
*4. PCC RDA Timeline*
The PCC Steering Committee and the PCC Secretariat have developed a PCC
RDA Timeline
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/RDA%20PCC%20Calendar_21Feb12.pdf>. This
timeline features PCC RDA transition activities and deadlines, and
includes dependencies where appropriate. The timeline is intended as
only a general overview of the PCC's RDA transition activities. It is
not an exhaustive representation of all PCC RDA activities and
dependencies. The timeline will be updated regularly, with the date of
the latest version recorded in the footer. The current timeline covers
the period January 2012-March 2013. Activities are categorized by topic
or by responsible PCC unit.
