Sneak Peek: Major Changes Coming to RDA April 2015 Kathy Glennan Head, Authorities & Specialty Cataloging, University of Maryland ALA Representative to the Joint Steering Committee February 25, 2015

JSC Papers, 2014

End of the Cascading Vortex of Horror! light painting by christmasstockimages.comchristmasstockimages.com Remove the conditional core status for Distribution Statement Manufacture Statement Copyright Date [… not identified] still needed for publication information, but no longer required for Distribution elements Manufacture elements Option to continue using [distributor not identified], etc.

Duration Simplify 7.22 Single instruction about recording duration No single standard required for recording duration 2:15:45 2 hr., 15 min., 45 sec hr. Consistent use of “approximately”

Color 7.17 will contain two primary terms, with option for more detail Monochrome black and white Polychrome Color

Subject Relationships New instructions for subject relationships – Chapter 23 At a very high level Relates to a Work Encompasses thesauri, classification, keywords Moving descriptive work relationship designators to new related Appendix M

Untitled Works Reworking of Chapter 6 to include specific instructions for works without titles Manuscripts Choreographic works Art Photographs etc.

Statement of Responsibility Merging 7.23 (Performer, Narrator, and/or Presenter) and 7.24 (Artistic and/or Technical Credit) with 2.4 (Statement of Responsibility ) Expanding to permit current practice to continue

Creating Personal Name AAPs Prescribed order of additions removed from much of 9.19 Enables flexibility for RDA’s international adopters Guidance expected to move to policy statements No change in application?

Books of the Bible Revising instructions to remove Anglo- American/Authorized Version bias Will create lists for books and groups of books in “Tools Tab” Individual books of the Apocrypha entered under Bible

Questions?