June 29, 2013 WHY WAIT? CONVERTING TO RICHARD GUAJARDO University of Houston Libraries
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LIBRARIES
RDA CONVERSION PLANNING Revise Material Types Updated Catalog Search RDA Content Types RDA Implementation Preparation RDA Conversion Conversion Timeline Post-RDA Conversion Practice
REVISED MATERIAL TYPES
UPDATED ADVANCED SEARCH
RDA CONTENT TYPE MAPPING
RDA IMPLEMENTATION – PREPARATION Database Clean Up - OCLC Number Match Project Configure Load Tables for New RDA Bib. and Authority Fields Install AACP for RDA Authority Headings Change Implement BCODE2 (material type) Changes for RDA GMD Replacement
RDA CONVERSION MARCIVE RDA Conversion Process: Send files to MARCIVE MARCIVE test RDA conversion – 1 week MARCIVE send test file to us for approval Final conversion (7-10 days) Load converted record back to III Internal Conversion Process: Global RDA Update of E-books/E-journals
RDA CONVERSION TIMELINE 04/15-04/19 Export Bib-records and send them to MARCIVE 04/22-04/26 MARCIVE test conversion 04/29-05/10 Approve test conversion and begin MARCIVE final conversion 05/13-05/24 Load converted records back into III
POST-RDA CONVERSION PRACTICE Physical items: send our new bib. records for authority process and RDA conversion E-books/E-journals: configured load table to insert RDA fields to records
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