1. Resources for College Libraries Update for 2006 GSIS Collection Development Forum October 22, 2006, Philadelphia PA Andrea Twiss-Brooks

2. Background of RCL Project ALA wanted to update Books for College Libraries GSIS discussion on core books list ALA partners with Bowker ALA partners with subject experts Result: The core list for academic libraries features 65,000 titles in 58 curriculum-specific subjects. Titles have been selected by more than 300 subject specialists and bibliographers.

3. Timeline of RCL Project August 2004 – Geology section editors recruited September 2004 -- February 2005 – Project parameters refined and discussed February-May 2005 – Subject taxonomy developed June 2005 – Authoring system tested and launched June 2005 to March 14, 2006 – Recruitment of bibliographers and identification, review and selection of resources May 2006 – Referee’s report and final review and editing July 2006 – RCL content and review completed September 2006 – RCLWeb launched

4. Resources used for selection and review BIP.com Earth Science Book Reviews Database Book Review Index CHOICE E-Streams YBP / GOBI WorldCat Amazon

5. Browseable by subject taxonomy, as well as by LC class, title, author, awards, series

6. RCL Subject Taxonomy for Geology

7. Paleontology was further subdivided into more specific areas. Six titles were assigned to vertebrate paleontology as a general heading; ten titles assigned more specifically

9. Full display of title record in RCL

10. Linda Zellmer, lzellmer@indiana.edu Andrea Twiss-Brooks, atbrooks@uchicago.edu More about RCL: http://www.rclinfo.nethttp://www.rclinfo.net RCL product website: http://www.rclweb.nethttp://www.rclweb.net Future for RCL?