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Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Subject: RDA Implementation Date Set
To: thomas.surprenant@qc.cuny.edu

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Implementation Day One Set for March 31, 2013!

The Library of Congress has announced that they will fully implement RDA: Resource Description and Access by March 31, 2013. The U.S. National Agricultural Library and National Library of Medicine, as well as the British Library, Library & Archives Canada, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and National Library of Australia, will also target early 2013 for Day One of their RDA implementation. Learn more about this important announcement.

The Library of Congress announcement was also accompanied by the release of their long-range training plan (PDF). The institution is sharing its training plan to help others prepare for RDA implementation.

RDA Toolkit Essentials returns—Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Join us for the RDA Toolkit Essentials webinar on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 2:30 pm (CDT, GMT-6).

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