Implementation, Training & Documentation -

What happens now?

Catherine Argus (National Library of Australia)

cargus@nla.gov.auChris Todd (National Library of New Zealand)

Chris.Todd@natlib.govt.nz

RDA timeline to 2010

First week ofNovember

2008

Full RDA draftavailable inprototype of

online product

3rd quarter2009

RDA productrelease

Remainder 2009

RDA productevaluationand testing

1st half2010

RDAimplementation

Full draft review

First week of November 2008 – 19 January 2009• First view of full text• Online product in prototype version; not all

functionality will be in place• No charge to view• Comments to ACOC by 8 December 2008

Beta version of online product – early 2009

Other developments during pre-publication period

• Changes to MARC format finalised

• Pricing structure and subscription model finalised

• Publication date announced

What all libraries should do during pre-publication period

• Review the draft of RDA; try out the online product

• LibrariesAustralia, Te Puna and WorldCat developments

• Implications for your library system

• Implications for shelf-ready books

• Budgeting

Activities in New Zealand during pre-publication

period

Start talking• National Library, Cataloguers Special Interest

Group (CatSig) & educators

Familiarisation• Seminars for cataloguers• RDA for non-cataloguers

What NLA will be doing during pre-publication period

National implementation strategy, in cooperation with ACOC and ALIA

• Awareness raising and discussion– ACOC website– New email list-serve– LibrariesAustralia-l– Regular articles in Incite and other journals

Post-publication but pre-implementation

RDA release - 3rd quarter 2009

• Testing• Training• LibrariesAustralia, WorldCat, Te Puna

– Import/Export profiles– Policies and guidelines– Global changes to data

What all libraries should do during post-publication /

pre-implementation period

• Training

• Monitor evaluation by CoP libraries

• Workflows

• Library system – MARC, data exchange

• Documentation

• Develop own implementation schedule

Activities in New Zealand during post-publication /

pre-implementation period

Training

Record standards• New Zealand National Bibliography• New Zealand Libraries Catalogue

What NLA will be doing during post-publication /

pre-implementation period

Working with other national libraries on RDA testing & evaluation

Developing documentation, workflows and training tools

• Sharing the results

Implementation

• International/National– OCLC, Libraries Australia, Te Puna

• Larger state, academic & public

• Others

Activities during and after implementation period

Support

• Cataloguers & RDA records• Library systems & RDA records

Keeping up to date

• JSC Websitehttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/rda.html

• ACOC Websitehttp://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/rda.html

• email discussion lists– New Australian RDA email discussion list– Catsig email discussion list– TePuna-L– LibrariesAustralia-L