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MARC discussion papers and proposals for Midwinter 2023

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 09, 2023 02:35 PM
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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 ...

Tentative Monthly List 2302 LCDGT (February 3, 2023)

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 09, 2023 02:21 PM
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All of the headings on the LCDGT tentative monthly list 2302 (Tentative Monthly List 2 LCDGT (February 3, 2023) come from University of Washington, except the very last one, which does not follow LCDGT conventions for form of headings and UFs: 150 Tsinoy    [dp2022060447] (A) 072 ...

RE: Prospective paper for the MARC Advisory Committee

Posted By Adam Schiff Sep 16, 2022 10:09 PM
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Cate Gerhart is the chair of MAC. I am the SAC liaison. But I agree that any constituency can create a discussion paper for MAC to consider. The deadline for LC to receive one for consideration at ALA Midwinter is early November. Adam Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington ...

MARC Advisory Committee proposals and discussion papers for ALA Annual 2022

Posted By Adam Schiff May 31, 2022 06:07 PM
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The agenda for the ALA Annual 2022 MARC Advisory Committee is now posted at MAC Annual 2022 Agenda (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress). If you have comments on any of the papers, please share them with the SAC list and as SAC liaison to MAC I will bring them to the meetings.  ...

IFLA webinar on recent developments in genre and form vocabularies

Posted By Adam Schiff May 12, 2022 06:13 PM
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Forwarding an announcement that I saw on Autocat.... The Genre/Form Working Group of the IFLA Subject Analysis and Access Section invites you to a webinar FASCINATING FACETS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENRE AND FORM VOCABULARIES Time: 19 May, 2022,  5:00-6:30 pm CEST / 8:00-9.30 am PDT Zoom Webinar ...

IFLA webinar on recent developments in genre and form vocabularies

Posted By Adam Schiff May 12, 2022 06:09 PM
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Forwarding an announcement that I saw on Autocat.... The Genre/Form Working Group of the IFLA Subject Analysis and Access Section invites you to a webinar FASCINATING FACETS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENRE AND FORM VOCABULARIES Time: 19 May, 2022,  5:00-6:30 pm CEST / 8:00-9.30 am PDT Zoom Webinar ...

Job Vacancy: E-resources Metadata Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff May 09, 2022 02:58 PM
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The University of Washington Libraries has an opening for an E-resources Metadata Librarian. THE POSITION Reporting to the Head of the Metadata and Cataloging Initiatives Unit, the E-resources Metadata Librarian manages cataloging workflows for monographic and integrating electronic ...

Job Vacancy: E-resources Metadata Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff May 09, 2022 02:56 PM
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The University of Washington Libraries has an opening for an E-resources Metadata Librarian. THE POSITION Reporting to the Head of the Metadata and Cataloging Initiatives Unit, the E-resources Metadata Librarian manages cataloging workflows for monographic and integrating electronic resources. ...

First version of Retrospective Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies: Best Practices for Librarians and Programmers available for feedback

Posted By Adam Schiff Feb 07, 2022 01:30 PM
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The ALA Core SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) is proud to announce the completion of the first version of a new resource entitled Retrospective Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies: Best Practices for Librarians and Programmers. This resource (several years in the ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:14 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:14 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:13 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:12 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:10 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:07 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

Job Vacancy: Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington

Posted By Adam Schiff Jan 19, 2022 10:07 AM
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Reporting to the Head of the Monographic Cataloging Unit, the Special Collections Cataloging Librarian is responsible for cataloging and providing subject analysis for monographs and archival materials in all formats primarily housed in Special Collections using RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, and other metadata ...

RE: Jurisdiction governed/Jurisdiction governed of

Posted By Adam Schiff Oct 09, 2021 03:02 PM
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Gordon, I want to come back to this question, thinking I have a better understanding of this element and its inverse now.  Are these proper statements? United States is jurisdiction governed of United States. Congress United States. Congress has jurisdiction governed United States Seattle (Wash.) ...

SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies releases Version 1.0 of chronological best practices (046/388 fields in bib records)

Posted By Adam Schiff Oct 04, 2021 01:50 PM
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[cross-posted; please excuse duplication]   The ALA Core SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) is pleased to share Version 1.0 of the document Best Practices for Recording Faceted Chronological Data in Bibliographic Records, now available via the ALA Institutional Repository: https:/ ...

RE: Original RDA relationship designator "progenitor"

Posted By Adam Schiff Sep 29, 2021 04:42 PM
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The RSC Secretary, Linda Barnhart, reminded me that there is a mapping from constrained to unconstrained properties in the RDA Registry: https://www.rdaregistry.info/Maps/mapRDA2Unc.html So, the unconstrained version of "descendant family of person of" is "has predecessor" (http://rdaregistry.info/ ...

RE: Original RDA relationship designator "progenitor"

Posted By Adam Schiff Sep 29, 2021 02:00 PM
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And now, I need to find what "descendant family of person of" (i.e., progenitor) is in the RDA unconstrained properties. Is it "has prominent member of agent" or the even broader "has member"? Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries (206) 543-8409 aschiff@uw.edu