ReportoftheSCTRDATrainingMaterialsTask-LibraryofCongress.doc

Report of the SCT RDA Training Materials Task Group (Submitted to PCC Standing Committee on Training May 30th, 2012) _______________________________________________________________________ The Task Group was charged with collecting existing RDA training materials to be used for PCC training. This final report will address the main areas of the charge and include a list of recommended materials and 4 appendices: Appendix A: RDA implementation dependencies appendix Appendix B: Revision of PCC RDA Frequently Asked Questions Appendix C: Sample of Permission Request Letter Appendix D: Full list of RDA training materials gathered by the Task Groupincluding many items that were not included in our main list due to space constraints. The group had four main elements in its charge, each is listed below and followed by comments. Collect existing RDA training documentation from PCC and non-PCC sources Materials should cover the most relevant training needs (e.g. FRBR, AACR2 vs. RDA bibliographic and authority data, etc.) and address a variety of audiences (original and copy catalogers; BIBCO and CONSER; books, visual materials, music, law, etc.) The initial list that helped to jump start the work of the group was based on the Columbia University list of RDA training materials. First, the websites of the Library of Congress, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) as well as major universities that had implemented RDA and/or participated in the test were consulted. LC’s and JSC websites had the most number of relevant resources. To add to the list, the group used the results of the PCC RDA survey conducted by Policy Committee in December 2011 (kindly forwarded by Les Hawkins). After that, the search was expanded to other countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Out of these four, the Library and Archives Canada and its chapters in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia had a significant number of excellent resources on RDA training. The materials av