The Committee

The CILIP-BL Committee on RDA is a joint committee of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the British Library (BL), reflecting the involvement of these bodies as two of the joint authors of RDA and its predecessor AACR2.

The Committee is the body within the United Kingdom responsible for:

  • Developing proposals for revisions to RDA, including the submission of new rules and changes to existing ones.
  • Reviewing proposals put forward by the other constituencies for additions to and revisions of RDA.
  • Briefing the CILIP and BL representatives to the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC).

Membership of the Committee is flexible, but aims for roughly equal representation from the two partner bodies. At least two members are nominated by CILIP's Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG). The CILIP and BL representatives to the JSC are members ex officio. From time to time, the Committee may seek advice and assistance with its work from other UK bodies or individuals.

There is no fixed term governing membership of the Committee. The Chair is appointed by the Committee from among its members. The Secretariat is provided by the British Library.

The Committee conducts much of its business by e-mail; meetings are held two or three times a year, according to the demands and schedule of JSC work. Meetings are usually held at the British Library (St. Pancras) in London (Google map), and are open to members of the two constituent bodies; such attendance is in a non-voting capacity.

Dissemintation of information is carried out through this website, and through the lis-ukbibs mailing list.

The Committee has a formal constitution (PDF file).

Committee member Organisation
James Caudwell
Deputy Head of Periodicals & Electronic Subscriptions
t: 01223 333119
f: 01223 333160
e: jwc44@cam.ac.uk 		Manager Periodicals Department / Electronic Services and Systems Department
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge
CB3 9DR
Alan Danskin (BL rep. to JSC)
Metadata Standards Manager
t: 01937 546669
f: 01937 546979
e: alan.danskin@bl.uk 		Metadata Services – Metadata Standards
Collection Acquisition and Description
British Library
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
Robert Davies
Head of Bibliographic Data Section / Pennaeth Isadran Data Llyfryddol
t: 01970 632809
e: robert.davies@llgc.org.uk		 National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3BU
Gordon Dunsire
Independent Consultant
t: 0141 548 4680
f: 0141 548 2102
e: gordon@gordondunsire.com 		11 Cobden Terrace
Edinburgh
EH11 2BJ
Graeme Forbes
Cataloguing Services Manager
t: 0131 623 3700 ext 3920
e: g.forbes@nls.uk 		National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
EH1 1EW
Katharine Gryspeerdt (Secretary)
Metadata Projects Officer
t: 020 7412 7086
f: 020 7412 7018
e: katharine.gryspeerdt@bl.uk 		Metadata Services - Metadata Standards
Collection Acquisition and Description
British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Stuart Hunt
Data Services Manager
t: 024 7657 5789
e: stuart.hunt@warwick.ac.uk 		The Library
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
Caroline Kent
Monograph Processing Manager
t: 01937 546709
e: caroline.kent@bl.uk		 Collection Acquisition and Description
British Library
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
Neil Nicholson
Team Leader, Electronic Resources
t: 0131 623 3953
e: n.nicholson@nls.uk 		Cataloguing and Metadata Services
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SL
Ann O'Brien
Lecturer
t: 01509 223067
f: 01509 223053
e: a.o-brien@lboro.ac.uk 		Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
Claire Robe
Cataloguing South Support, Collection Processing General
t: 020 7412 4462
f: 020 7412 7924
e: claire.robe@bl.uk 		Collection Acquisition and Description
British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
June Tomlinson (CIG rep.)
Cataloguing Manager
t: 0207 611 8493
f: 0207 611 8703
e: j.tomlinson@wellcome.ac.uk 		Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
Thurstan Young
RDA Implementation Project Co-ordinator
t: 01937 546527
f: 01937 546979
e: thurstan.young@bl.uk 		Metadata Services - Metadata Standards
Collection Acquisition and Description
British Library
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
Jenny Wright
Cataloguer/Trainer
t: 01852 500537
e: jenny.wright@bibdsl.co.uk 		BDS Ltd
Annandale House
The Crichton
Bankend Road
Dumfries
DG1 4TA