June 29, 2013

WHY WAIT?

CONVERTING TO

RICHARD GUAJARDOUniversity of Houston Libraries

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LIBRARIES

RDA CONVERSION PLANNING

• Revise Material Types• Updated Catalog Search• RDA Content Types• RDA Implementation Preparation• RDA Conversion • Conversion Timeline• Post-RDA Conversion Practice

REVISED MATERIAL TYPES

UPDATED ADVANCED SEARCH

RDA CONTENT TYPE MAPPING

RDA CONTENT TYPE MAPPING

RDA IMPLEMENTATION – PREPARATION

• Database Clean Up - OCLC Number Match Project

• Configure Load Tables for New RDA Bib. and Authority Fields

• Install AACP for RDA Authority Headings Change

• Implement BCODE2 (material type) Changes for RDA GMD Replacement

RDA CONVERSION

• MARCIVE RDA Conversion Process:• Send files to MARCIVE• MARCIVE test RDA conversion – 1 week• MARCIVE send test file to us for approval • Final conversion (7-10 days)• Load converted record back to III

• Internal Conversion Process:• Global RDA Update of E-books/E-journals 

RDA CONVERSION TIMELINE

• 04/15-04/19 Export Bib-records and send them to MARCIVE

• 04/22-04/26 MARCIVE test conversion

• 04/29-05/10 Approve test conversion and begin MARCIVE final conversion

• 05/13-05/24 Load converted records back into III

POST-RDA CONVERSION PRACTICE

• Physical items: send our new bib. records for authority process and RDA conversion

• E-books/E-journals: configured load table to insert RDA fields to records

RICHARD GUAJARDOguajardo@uh.edu

University of Houston Libraries

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