1. BCC Town Hall RDA Updates Genre/Form and Medium of Performance Thematic Indexes Used in the Library of Congress/NACO Authority File Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative BCC Transitions Q & A February 17, 2012

2. RDA Rewording Project Chris Oliver hired as copy editor Working on improving readability of certain RDA chapters Will not change content or meaning of instructions Being reviewed by JSC and U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Chapters under review (in this order): 9: Identifying Persons 10: Identifying Families 11: Identifying Corporate Bodies 6: Identifying Works and Expressions 17: General Guidelines on Recording Primary Relationships February 17, 2012

3. RDA Training ALCTS Webinars http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webin ar/cat/rda.cfm PCC RDA NACO training (info announced on PCCLIST) Catalogers Learning Workshop Freely available RDA training materials: http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/in dex_PF.html RDA Toolkit webinars & Virtual User Group http://rdatoolkit.org February 17, 2012

4. PCC RDA Activities A dozen task groups charged to address all manner of RDA issues Most of them will complete their work by mid-May Of particular interest: RDA Post-Implementation Guidelines TG RDA Policy Statements TG Acceptable Headings Implementation TG TG to Formulate or Recommend PCC/NACO RDA Policy on Authority Issues RDA Training Materials TG RDA Records TG February 17, 2012