The Midwinter agenda for the MARC Advisory Committee is available at
MAC Midwinter 2023 Agenda (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress). The meetings will be held online on January 31-February 2. There are four proposals and four discussion papers. Two proposals deal specifically with MARC 6XX fields and will of particular interest to SAC:
Proposal No. 2023-03: Adding Subfields $0, $1, $2, and $5 to Fields 720 and 653 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
Coming from the PCC Standing Committee on Standards, this paper proposes adding subfields $0 (Authority record control number or standard number), $1 (Real World Object URI), $2 (Source of standard number or URI), and $5 (Institution to which field applies) to two fields for uncontrolled data in the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data: 720 (Added Entry – Uncontrolled Name) and 653 (Index Term – Uncontrolled).
Discussion Paper No. 2023-DP02: Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Field 658 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
Coming from the Norwegian Cataloguing Committee, this paper proposes adding subfields $0 (Authority record control number or standard number) and $1 (Real World Object URI) to field 658 (Index Term-Curriculum Objective) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format.
As the SAC representative to the MARC Advisory Committee, if you have any comments on these papers (or any of the others on the agenda), please share them with the list and I can share them with MAC. Since the SAC meetings are being held several weeks before the MAC meetings on January 31-February 1, perhaps this could be on the SAC agenda to discuss whether SAC supports them?
The other proposals and discussion papers:
Proposal No. 2023-01: Defining a New Field to Record Electronic Archive Location and Access in the MARC 21 Formats
This proposal describes defining a new field 857 (Electronic Archive Location and Access) to enable libraries to specify a persistent identifier or location of the resource in a digital archive repository or Web archive, and record the name, date ranges, and completeness of relevant archived content.
Discussion Paper No. 2023-DP01: Defining a New Subfield in Field 264 to Record an Unsubfielded Statement in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
This paper proposes adding a new non-repeatable subfield to field 264 (Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice) in the MARC21 Bibliographic Format to record an unsubfielded imprint or provision statement.
Proposal No. 2023-02: Adding Subfield $3 to Field 041 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
This paper proposes adding subfield $3 (Materials specified) to field 041 (Language Code) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format, as well as changes to the MARC 008/35-37 (Language) and 041 field documentation to support this addition.
Proposal No. 2023-04: Defining a Field for Ownership and Custodial History in Structured Form in the MARC 21 Formats
This paper proposes how copy-specific ownership and custodial history information and material evidence represented by authority data and controlled terms can be accommodated in the MARC 21 Bibliographic, Holdings, and Authority formats, by the definition of a new field 361.
Discussion Paper No. 2023-DP03: Renaming and Redefining Field 368 Subfield $d in the MARC 21 Authority Format
This paper proposes a renaming and redefinition of subfield $d (Title of person) in field 368 (Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body) of the MARC 21 Authority Format to allow recording of titles associated with persons other than those covered by the current subfield definition.
Discussion Paper No. 2023-DP04: Attributes of Family in the MARC 21 Authority Format
This paper proposes new and revised fields and subfields for accommodating address of family, field of activity of family, and occupation of family, and considers two options for recording other attributes of families in the MARC 21 Authority Format.
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Adam Schiff
Principal Cataloger
University of Washington Libraries
He/Him/His
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