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		<title>Backstage Testing RDA</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/08/backstage-testing-rda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a provider of cataloging services, Backstage will be evaluating the effects of RDA on costs and services to library and publisher clients in relation to cataloging, copy cataloging, retrospective conversion, and reclassification.  Specific attention will be paid to the ease and time of training entry level para-professionals for working in an RDA environment]]></description>
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		<title>ALA Summer 2010 Recap</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/07/ala-summer-2010-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the excitement surrounding RDA at ALA Annual (and we’ll have an update about that up soon), we realized we didn’t have a quick recap of events from my point of view in DC.  I would like to fill you in on details from an operational point of view as concerns Backstage, letting Karen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RDA Questions and Answers</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/07/rda-questions-and-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that RDA has been published, there are lots of questions about when we will start seeing RDA records.  LC and OCLC have both asked that no RDA records, or records using RDA elements be sent out until October 1st, 2010 when the National RDA Test participants will start producing records officially.  Here are some links to policy statements and other information that may help you figure out what to expect.]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Most of RDA Toolkit’s Open-Access Period Webinar</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/making-the-most-of-rda-toolkit%e2%80%99s-open-access-period-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/making-the-most-of-rda-toolkit%e2%80%99s-open-access-period-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently one of our Project Managers, Jeremy, sat down to watch the latest RDA webinar, these are his thoughts and notes from the webinar. On June 17-18, Troy Linker from ALA Publishing presented a few webinars about how to make the most out of the open-access period for the RDA Toolkit.  This open-access will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Countdown to RDA</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/final-countdown-to-rda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, June is here, and we’re counting down to the launch of RDA (Resource Description and Access).  The launch date is set for the middle of the month (we’re keeping our fingers crossed) but I don’t believe there is an exact date set.  What is actually being launched is the RDA Toolkit.  This is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RDA Changes in MARC Records</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/04/rda-changes-in-marc-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen, our RDA Librarian, provided me with a fascinating report on recent changes to MARC, in many instances to accommodate the additional information in RDA. Here&#8217;s what she had to say. Now that MARC21 Update 11 has been published, I’ve done through both the Bibliographic format standards and the Authority format standards and made a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impressions from the first RDA Toolkit Webinar</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/02/impressions-from-the-first-rda-toolkit-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/02/impressions-from-the-first-rda-toolkit-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I watched the RDA Toolkit webinar today, put on by the RDA group. I thought I’d share some of the impressions that I got out of it in the hopes that it would be somewhat useful. I should start off by noting that they did not intend this webinar to be very in-depth, but rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RDA Toolkit &#8211; Guided Tour Webinar</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/02/rda-toolkit-guided-tour-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/02/rda-toolkit-guided-tour-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On February 8, 2010 and February 9, 2010, Troy Linker from ALA Publishing is presenting a guided tour of the RDA Toolkit website: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/639494355 Registration is quick and easy (and free apparently) and will cover these topics (from the above link): Description of the RDA Toolkit Overview of the RDA Toolkit contents at launch and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RDA Updates from ALA</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/02/rda-updates-from-ala/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/02/rda-updates-from-ala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RDA – Jan. 15, 2010 &#8211; http://connect.ala.org/node/92572 Disclaimer: One of our Backstage staff (Maritta Coppieters) attended the all-day training session at ALA, but then also had to jump on a plane to England, so these updates are based on conversations I had with Maritta before she left: LC is making allowance to put the authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALA Mid-Winter Recap</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/01/ala-mid-winter-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/01/ala-mid-winter-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backstage kicked off the year right by attending the ALA MidWinter conference held at Boston, MA.  Even the weather cooperated.

 
On Saturday, January 16, the Authority Control dept hosted a Users Breakfast at the Seaport Hotel, which was just a hop, skip &#038; a jump away from the new conference center itself.  The breakfast was quite good and we had many clients and Backstage personnel comingling.]]></description>
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