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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 |
| Ann Chapman (Chair) Interoperability Focus Officer t: 01225 386121 f: 01225 386838 e: a.d.chapman@ukoln.ac.uk |
UKOLN University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY |
| Alan Danskin (BL rep. to JSC) Metadata and Bibliographic Standards Coordinator t: 01937 546669 f: 01937 546979 e: alan.danskin@bl.uk |
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 Depute Director t: 0141 548 4680 f: 0141 548 2102 e: g.dunsire@strath.ac.uk |
Centre for Digital Library Research University of Strathclyde Livingstone Tower 26 Richmond Street Glasgow G1 1XH |
| 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) Bibliographic Development Project Officer t: 020 7412 7086 f: 020 7412 7018 e: katharine.gryspeerdt@bl.uk |
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 |
| Anne Mellor Cataloguing Manager t: 01387 702254 f: 01387 702259 e: anne.mellor@bibdsl.co.uk |
BDS Annandale House The Crichton Bankend Road Dumfries DG1 4TA |
| 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 |
| Alan Poulter (CILIP rep. to JSC) Lecturer t: 0141 548 3911 e: alan.poulter@cis.strath.ac.uk |
Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde Livingstone Tower 26 Richmond Street Glasgow G1 1XH |
| Claire Robe Cataloguing South Support, Processing South t: 020 7412 4462 f: 020 7412 7924 e: claire.thatcher@bl.uk |
Collection Acquisition and Description British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB |
| Thurstan Young RDA Implementation Project Co-ordinator t: 01937 546527 f: 01937 546979 e: thurstan.young@bl.uk |
Collection Acquisition and Description British Library Boston Spa Wetherby West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ |
Last updated:
11 Aug 2009
