Chinese version of RDA Registry published

The RDA Registry is updated on July 25, 2024. I can see the Chinese version uploaded along with other 17 languages. This is very important for the sharing of library cataloging records (data) in the World Wide Web age.

Diversity of Data: RDA in the international context

Diversity of Data: RDA in the international context

Thursday 23 August

National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About the event

This one-day conference is organised by the RDA Board and will be held on 23 August 2018 at the National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Who should attend?

The Conference will benefit both RDA users and non-users and will cover the latest developments in the RDA cataloguing standard, providing a forum for discussion, learning and sharing. There will be a focus on the potential of RDA for libraries in non-English speaking countries and information about the latest developments in the RDA standard and the Toolkit.

Content of the program

There will be sessions on the international uptake and implementation of RDA, with speakers from around the world highlighting different implementation experiences. Acknowledged experts in the RDA world will give an in-depth demonstration of the new RDA Toolkit and explore RDA in a multilingual world where cataloguing traditions and practices may vary from country to country. There will be presentations on features that support translations, RDA’s ability to accommodate local practices in a global context and its potential for use in a linked data environment

The program will feature speakers from around the world with the opportunity to meet and network with experienced RDA implementers.

Program

The full program will be available soon.

Pre-Registrations are invited

Registration details and final conference program will be confirmed soon. Reserve your place by leaving your details at http://www.rdatoolkit.org/form/rda-event-in-kl

  

Interim Conference program – final to be distributed soon

Diversity of Data: RDA in the International Context

Thursday 23 August

National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

8.30-9.00 am	Registration opens at National Library of Malaysia, Level 1, Anjung Bestari, 232 Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
9.00	Conference Session 1 - RDA in the international context
9.00-9.15	Welcome on behalf of National Library of Malaysia Welcome on behalf of the RDA Board; housekeeping announcements Chris Oliver, University of Ottawa and incoming Chair, RDA Board
9.15-10.15	Tales from the field: RDA implementations around the globe Library leaders share their experiences, challenges and outcomes. Beacher Wiggins, Director of Bibliographic Access, Library of Congress, USA National Library of Malaysia, speaker to be confirmed Additional speakers to be confirmed
10.15-10.45	Implementing RDA in Oceania and Southeast Asia: results of a survey Monika Szunejko, Director, Libraries Australia, National Library of Australia
10.45-11.15	Morning tea including meeting the implementers
11.15-12.00	Building regional RDA organizations Overview of RDA governance - Amelia McKenzie, Assistant Director-General, National Library of Australia Taking the first steps: Latin America - Angela Quiroz, Library of Congress, Chile Additional speaker to be confirmed
12.00-12.30	Question and Answer session, facilitated by Chris  Oliver, incoming Chair, RDA Board The morning’s speakers are invited to join a Q & A panel session to answer questions from the audience
12.30-1.30pm	Lunch
1.30	Conference Session 2 - Accommodating diverse data
1.30-2.00	Toolkit demonstration - James Hennelly, Director ALA Digital Reference
2.00-2.30	Translations – Gordon Dunsire, Chair, RDA Steering Committee How does the new infrastructure of RDA facilitate translations? This presentation highlights the features that support translations and the tools available to benefit RDA communities.
2.30-3.00	Accommodating local cataloguing traditions in a global context – Gordon Dunsire, Ebe Kartus, Wider RDA Community Engagement Officer
3.00-3.30	Afternoon tea with opportunity to try out Toolkit
3.30—4.00	Looking to the future: cataloguing data in the linked data environment  - Ebe Kartus
4.00	Wrap-up and closing remarks (Amelia McKenzie, National Library of Australia and RDA Board member)

National Library of China becomes National Institution Representative of RDA Board

Last week, I received a message from Simon Berney-Edwards, Director of Improvement and Development, CILIP, the library and information association, which is based in London. He told me that at the meeting of the RDA Board last week, the National Library of China was selected to be the National Institution Representative: Asia (To serve 2018-2020).
RDA is a continually evolving standard that aims to reflect the requirements of the description, cataloguing and metadata community. One of its original aims was to be applicable across cultures, sectors and perspectives.
RDA is a package of data elements, guidelines, and instructions for creating library and cultural heritage resource metadata that are well-formed according to international models for user-focused linked data applications.

The role of the representative is:

• To provide RDA Board with insight about the impact, challenges and opportunities from the perspective of a national institution that has implemented RDA.
• To provide any relevant feedback from other National Institutions in the region.
• To contribute to the development and delivery of the RDA Board strategic plan for the development of RDA.
• To contribute to the overall governance of the standard including oversight of strategy, delivery, finance and risks.

Chris Oliver: Moving forward with RDA

The Journal of the National Library of China just published Chris Oliver's article "Moving forward with RDA: Based on the presentation given at the National Library of China, October 26, 2015". The original English version is available at:

http://gtxk.nlc.cn/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=201601014&flag=1&journal_id=jtnlc&year_id=2016

and the Chinese version is available at:

http://gtxk.nlc.cn/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=201601013&flag=1&journal_id=jtnlc&year_id=2016

RDA training and seminar to be held soon

The National Library of China and the Library Society of China will jointly hold an RDA training session and a related seminar on the future of RDA in China.
Barbara B. Tillett, chair of JSC, will host the training session during July 9-11, 2012, and the seminar will be held in the afternoon of July 11, 2012.

IFLA RDA Satellite Meeting

Today, I attended the IFLA RDA Satellite Meeting, August 12, 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

This is a pre-conference of the IFLA General Conference / World Library and Information Congress.

There are about 100 participants and 15 speakers.

Please see the following site for details:

http://lib.rc.usf.edu/ifla2011/

Traditional Oriental Format in AACR2 2.5B11

In AACR2 there is the following rule:

2.5B11: "If numbered pages or leaves are printed on a double leaf (e.g., books in the traditional oriental format), give them as pages or leaves according to their numbering. If they are unnumbered, count each double leaf as two pages."

I discussed with a rare book librarian today and have the following suggestions:

1) In "traditional Chinese formats" or "traditional oriental formats" (all ancient books in East Asia are similar in format), thread-binding is the most popular format. There are also many other formats, but they account for just a small percentage. I suggest that "the traditional oriental format" be changed into "some traditional oriental formats" in RDA.

2) For thread-binding format, page numbers are usually printed in the middle of the folded leaves and appear at the margins of book pages. Therefore, we can just describe the leaf numbers, not the page numbers -- in fact, there are no page numbers. In late Qing dynasty (in pre-modern history), some thread-bound books have pages, but they are not representative.

In modern rare book cataloging practices, we usually do not describe page (or leaf) numbers in the physical description area. We just describe volumes, parts and boxes in the physical description area. The reasons are:

a) It is the traditional cataloging practice.
b) There are various paginations in a single title of traditional binding format.

In the drafting of RDA as the revision of AACR2, practices in various countries should be considered.