PCC Preparations for RDA

Linda Barnhart

RDA Forum -- ALA Midwinter

January 22, 2012

Dallas, Texas

Developments since June 2011ALA New Orleans

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PCC Post-RDA Test Guidelines

For: •PCC members continuing to create RDA bibliographic and authority records after the RDA test period•PCC catalogers needing to use an authorized access point established in an RDA authority record

PCC RDA FAQ

Information on •Transition to RDA•PCC and AACR2•RDA and Bibliographic Records•RDA and Authority Records•PCC Policy Decisions•RDA Training•PCC Membership

Reports received from:

• Task Group on AACR2 & RDA Acceptable Heading Categories

• Task Group on Hybrid Bibliographic Records

• Task Group on RDA Policy and Practice Decisions Needed

Task Group on AACR2 & RDA Acceptable Heading Categories

• 95.1% (7,631,000 records) headings would be formulated the same as AACR2

• 2.1% (172,000 records) headings need machine updating

• 2.8% (225,000 records) headings need human intervention

Task Group on AACR2 & RDA Acceptable Heading Categories

• PCC Day One for RDA Authority Records needed

• Document posted and FAQ written• Next steps: Acceptable Headings

Implementation Task Group charged

Task Group on Hybrid Bibliographic Records

Prepared editing guidelines for RDA and pre-RDA bibliographic records for:

• Monographs• Serials• Integrating resources

Next steps: • Task Group on RDA Post-Implementation

Guidelines• Task Group on Integrating Resources

Guidelines

Task Group on RDA Policy and Practice Decisions Needed

Prepared chart of almost 60 questions/decision points needed

Next steps: Most delegated to Standing Committee on Standards, which formed a Task Group to Formulate or Recommend PCC/NACO RDA Policy on Authority Issues

PCC Standing Committees: RDA Work• Standing Committee on Automation

• Authority Source Citation Task Group• ISBD and MARC Task Group

• Standing Committee on Standards• RDA Provider-Neutral Model and

Reproductions Task Group• BIBCO Standard Record under RDA Task

Groups

• Standing Committee on Training• RDA Record Examples Task Group• RDA Training Materials Task Group

• Advisory Committee on Initiatives

More work ahead:

• RDA Policy Statements Task Group • CONSER Standard Record RDA Core

Elements Task Group

• RDA NACO Training• RDA Master Planning Calendar

PCC Participants Meeting

Eyeing the Future: What’s on the Horizon for NACO?

Sunday January 22, 2012

4:00 pm - 5:30 pmDallas Convention Center - C155

Speakers:

Paul Frank (Library of Congress)

Phil Schreur (Stanford University)

Laura Smart (CalTech)

 

Questions?

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Linda Barnhart

PCC Chair 2011-12

lbarnhart@ucsd.edu