June 29, 2013 WHY WAIT? CONVERTING TO RICHARD GUAJARDO University of Houston Libraries.

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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