The article presents the highlights of the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana in June 2011. The implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) on January 1, 2013 was announced during the event. Topics discussed include an overview of the linked data and its benefits to libraries, views of vendors on RDA implementation, the role of authority control in linked data, and the criticism of Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC).