#RDAday
Recordings of papers from Day 2 of the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures will be uploaded shortly.
Recordings from the #RDAday are also available on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@CILIP_MDG
September 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Thurstan Young now presents "Official RDA Toolkit implementation: British Library Update" #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The afternoon of the #RDAday of MDG #Conference #MetaFutures is more interactive & will not be recorded. tinyurl.com/Cilip-MDG
March 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
It's #RDAday! And our final day of the MDG #Conference in Bristol #MetaFutures.
The programme is available at tinyurl.com/Cilip-MDG
#metadata #discovery #standards #cataloguing
March 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
We're wrapping up the #RDAday at the MDG #Conference 2026 #MetaFutures - big thank you to UKCoR and our facilitators Anastasia, Anne, Thurstan, & Jenny.

Thank you to our Conference sponsors @bibliodataservices.bsky.social Third Iron and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social & to all our speakers & delegates.
March 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
We begin #RDAday with the Keynote from Renate Behrens, RSC Chair, "RDA in an hour - The Countdown Clock"
#MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 10:21 AM
We're now moving to "Using the Toolkit as a toolkit" with James Hennelly of @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & Director of RDA Toolkit dialling in from America #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
There will be a few select posts over on the @cilipmdg.bsky.social BlueSky account for the #RDAday of the MDG #Conference 2026 #MetaFutures - the papers from the morning session are being recorded & will be shared after the event alongside the slide-decks.
We begin #RDAday with the Keynote from Renate Behrens, RSC Chair, "RDA in an hour - The Countdown Clock"
#MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
There's no way to read the Official RDA Toolkit from cover to cover - it is a purely online resource and a 'behemoth' of options - but Anne has put together a confidence-building approach to 'taming the fear of jargon' #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Last few days to book! Last few places remaining!

Don't miss out on the @cilipmdg.bsky.social #Conference #MetaFutures & #RDAday in Bristol 11-13 March 2026!
Registration closes on 06/03/26

www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...

#metadata #cataloguing #libraries #archives #repositories #GLAM 📚
March 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
RDA Learning Resources​: www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rda/lea...
RSC news and information​
RSC presentations​
RDA YouTube channel​
Resources for educators​
Community-based training materials​
#MetaFutures #RDAday
Learning Resources
Online resources about cataloguing and data creation using RDA exist to support teaching and training activities. We welcome suggestions for new resources or events to include on this page.
www.rdatoolkit.org
March 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Application Profiles are necessary as a navigational aid​ providing an index to RDA and supporting documentation​.
They provide links to RDA instructions and element documents​. #MetaFutures #RDAday
March 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social now presents "Removing the barrier: the language of RDA" looking at some of the terminology, why it has changed, and how to cope. #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
MDG #Conference #MetaFutures Day 3: 13th March
🔦Spotlight on: #RDAday
Designed to support those wishing to understand the Resource Description & Access content standard & those wanting to implement RDA, with practical activities & informative sessions programmed & led by the UK’s experts on RDA.
February 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Spotlight on MDG Conference #MetaFutures Day 3: #RDAday on Friday 13th March 2026 (in Bristol) organised by the UKCoR Chair Anastasia Kerameos 🧵

The UK's RDA experts will provide practical activities & informative sessions to support those wishing to understand & implement the RDA content standard
Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details on BlueSky about the programme for the MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 - so stay tuned!
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
#RDAday Keynote: "Countdown to Official RDA" -- Renate Behrens (RSC Chair)

In May 2027, the Original RDA Toolkit will no longer be available. For all user communities, the new Official RDA Toolkit, which has been available for several years, will then become the working basis....
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Community Resources are also in the RDA Toolkit.
There are two ways to contribute:​
As a Partner – contribute through CMS ($)​
As a Contributor – contribute through HTML editor​
Documents are freely accessible to all Toolkit subscribers.​
#RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
RDA Toolkit: access.rdatoolkit.org
RDA Toolkit is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources including RDA: Resource Description and Access. #RDAday #MetaFutures
RDA Toolkit
access.rdatoolkit.org
March 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The subscription is meant for groups serving a large community.
Pricing is flexible but meant to protect RDA Toolkit from loss of subscriptions and copyright infringement by AI sites.​
#RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
A companion subscription is available & is meant for those institutions planning to create an online RDA manual that will be freely accessible.​
#RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
RDA Toolkit needs to protect their copyright from AI tools and web-scrapers - so the content cannot be openly shared on the web. A subscription is required to access the content.
#RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Legacy instructions are likely to moved to their own area of the Resources tab.​
Legacy content will never change but Policy Statements may link to the content. #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Application Profiles are a necessary part of official RDA, but institutions can rely on Application Profiles created by others as a guide or as a starting point. ​
They are ways to create APs in the Toolkit and out.​ #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Anne promises that we'll also have fun with some buzz activities that we can take back to our home institutions and try out with our colleagues! #RDAday #MetaFutures
March 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Other sources of information:
- RDA Toolkit YouTube channel ​https://www.youtube.com/c/RDAToolkitVideo
- Learning Resources | RDA Toolkit ​https://www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rda/learning-resources
- Catalogue & Index December 2025, Issue 213 journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an...
#MetaFutures #RDAday
March 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM