The ALCTS Technical Services Administrators of Medium-Sized Research
Libraries Discussion Group will meet at ALA Annual in Washington D.C.:
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 10:30 am -12:00 noon
Washington Room in the Washington Plaza Hotel

The topic is: Towards RDA Online in 2009: Planning for Adoption and
Implementation

Take this opportunity to learn about and make suggestions regarding
plans for implementation of RDA. Marjorie Bloss, RDA Project Manager,
will lead a dialogue and question and answer session with technical
services administrators regarding issues of RDA adoption and
implementation. The session will include up-to-date information about
RDA as well as the beginning plans for orientation and
implementation. Topics to be covered include:

1.         Implementation schedule;
2.         How managers can get ready and tools for  learning RDA;
3.         Formats in which RDA will be available;
4.         What do staff need to know in advance (FRBR, FRAD, ...)?;
5.         What are the effects of RDA on our online systems and
vendors; Are our vendors  preparing for implementation?;
6.         What are the effects and interrelationships between RDA,
the MARC format, Dublin Core and other metadata schemas?

Thanks for considering attendance at what we hope will be a
stimulating and timely discussion.

Michael Boock, Oregon State University, Discussion Group Chair

Jack Hall
Manager, Cataloging Services
114L University of Houston Libraries
Houston, TX  77204-2000
telephone:(713) 743-9687
e-mail: jhall@uh.edu
fax: (713) 743-9748