Library of Congress Releases 2024- 2025 Recommended Formats Statement (RFS)
From an Email by Ted Westervelt, Library of Congress:
The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the release of the 2024-2025 Recommended Formats Statement (RFS), as it enters its second decade as a vital resource for both the Library of Congress and the wider community who seek to create, collect and preserve published works in all forms.
The 2024-2025 edition brings several significant changes, such as its support for digital accessibility features as a criterion for evaluating digital formats and the addition of a FAQ or Frequently Asked Questions in response to user feedback. This new edition also brings several impactful changes to the language of the RFS, especially for print materials such as Textual Works and Musical Scores. We have added DDP or Disc Description Protocol, as an acceptable format for Audio – Media-independent (digital) – which is not the only change to the Audio section.
Your comments remain crucial to the ongoing improvements and success of the RFS. You can send them to rfs@loc.gov or to specific content team leaders.
Direct to 2024-2025 Recommended Formats Statement (RFS)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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