Implementation, Training & Documentation - What happens now? Catherine Argus (National Library of Australia) Chris Todd (National Library of New Zealand)
RDA timeline to 2010 First week of November 2008 Full RDA draft available in prototype of online product 3 rd quarter 2009 RDA product release Remainder 2009 RDA product evaluation and testing 1 st half 2010 RDA implementation
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 list-serve –LibrariesAustralia-l –Regular articles in Incite and other journals
Post-publication but pre-implementation RDA release - 3 rd 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 Website ACOC Website discussion lists –New Australian RDA discussion list –Catsig discussion list –TePuna-L –LibrariesAustralia-L