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Greetings CC:DA,

Below is the announcement of the proposals and papers for the forthcoming meeting of the MARC Advisory Committee.

If you have feedback, please provide it to me by the end of the day on Monday, July 13.

Thanks,

Amanda

CC:DA liaison to MAC

The MARC Advisory Committee Annual Meeting agenda is available at:

https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/an2026_age.html

  

The MAC Chair, Cate Gerhart, requests that all pre-meeting comments

about the papers be posted to the MARC Listserv before the end of day

on Wednesday, July 15.

 

The meeting will be held on Zoom. Information about meeting access will be posted in July.

 

 

PROPOSALS

   

Proposal No. 2026-05: Recording Container Designation in the 87X Fields

of the MARC 21 Holdings Format

https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2026/2026-05.html

 

Proposal No. 2026-06: Defining a New Field for Notated Movement Characteristics

in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats

https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2026/2026-06.html

  

  

DISCUSSION PAPERS

 

Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP05: Recording Choreographic Medium of

Performance in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats

https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2026/2026-dp05.html

 

Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP06: Broadening Field 542 to Record Intellectual

Property Disputes in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2026/2026-dp06.html

 

Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP07: Adding an Indicator for Non-preferred Variant

Headings in 4XX Fields in the MARC21 Authority Format
https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2026/2026-dp07.html

 

Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP08: Adding Subfield $5 to Field 340 in the

MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2026/2026-dp08.html

 

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Amanda Ros
Coordinator of Adaptive Cataloging & Resource Management
Texas A&M University
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Here are my thoughts: 

• Proposal No. 2026-05: Recording Container Designation in the 87X Fields of the MARC 21 Holdings Format

  Seems OK. I initially hoped that this might address the long-standing problems for bound-with items, but that unfortunately does not seem to be in scope. 

• Proposal No. 2026-06: Defining a New Field for Notated Movement Characteristics in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats

  Fine by me.

• Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP05: Recording Choreographic Medium of Performance in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
  

  I certainly agree that a new field is needed, rather than continuing to tweak the 382 field. I also concur that it makes sense to start out with minimal content designation and letting the experts determine over time if more is needed.  I have no objections to the proposed use of "364".

• Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP06: Broadening Field 542 to Record Intellectual Property Disputes in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

  The use case has been justified, although I do have questions about the advisability of capturing this type of data in a bibliographic description, since it is likely to change when the dispute is resolved. (If that's even a possibility.) This information does not belong in field 264, IMO.

• Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP07: Adding an Indicator for Non-preferred Variant Headings in 4XX Fields in the MARC21 Authority Format

  There is a use case for this; however, I am bothered by the use of the term "preferred" when it comes to variant headings. They all already are non-preferred. The terminology is certainly confusing in an RDA context. Is there some other word that could be used instead? 

• Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP08: Adding Subfield $5 to Field 340 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

  The use case seems to be sufficient for moving forward with this DP.  However, on a personal level, I find the use of $5 in bibliographic records to mostly be "noise" for those institutions not represented in the $5. (I recognize that ship has sailed.)

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Kathy Glennan
Director, Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Maryland Libraries
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