Core MARC Formats Transition Interest Group

I am pleased to announce formally that our IG is holding a session during the Core IG Week on Wednesday, March 8th at 1pm(ET)/noon(CT)/10am(PT).  

session title: "There's A LOT Still Happening in MARC : Some Updates on MARC Formats" 
session description: The MARC Format Transition Interest Group is pleased to hold a session on what is happening to the MARC Format while Linked Data initiatives are intensifying and progressing. The IG is fortunate to hear from three groups on their latest activities and reports:

• By Thurstan Young, British Library about MARC/RDA Working Group
• By Ben Abrahamse, MIT, Co-Chair about PCC Task Group on MARC Simplification for BIBFRAME Conversion
• By Jackie Shieh, Smithsonian, Co-Chair and Steve McDonald, Tufts, Co-Chair about PCC SCA Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and Practices in MARC Bibliographic Records

Whether your institutions will transition to Linked Data in the near future or not, It seems MARC will co-exist in the library world for a long time to come. So what do we need to be aware of in the MARC format's transition?

I am still looking for any IG members who are interested in helping out during the session. Also if you have any initial questions (i.e., what would you like to know from each respective group), or any ideas or adjustments that would help realize the purpose or goals of this session., please post here or contact me (suzukik@newschool) directly.