List of Contributions

Timothy Mendenhall

Contact Details

Timothy Mendenhall

Edit name, title, and organization

My Content

1 to 20 of 74 total

Liaison report: CC:DA

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Jul 07, 2026 04:21 PM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear MIG colleagues, Below is my final report at the Metadata Interest Group liaison to CC:DA. I'd like to welcome Katherine Manifold, who will take over as the new liaison to CC:DA! ALA Annual 2026 Report of the Core Metadata Interest Group liaison to CC:DA Core Committee on Cataloging: ...

RE: Review of RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/2 by July 3rd

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Jul 02, 2026 01:01 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I did not receive feedback from the Metadata Interest Group, but overall I support this proposal. I would second Jessica Grzegorski's note about recommendation 2. Engraving / engraver are typically used for intaglio printing, whereas wood engraving / wood engraver categorically denote relief printing. ...

Feedback requested on RDA proposal

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Jun 26, 2026 02:51 PM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear Metadata Interest Group members, The CC:DA chair has requested feedback on an RDA revision proposal submitted recently by the RDA Steering Committee's Translations Working Group. The proposal would add a set of relationship elements for scribes and wood engravers, to facilitate improved ...

RE: Review of RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/3

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall May 29, 2026 01:59 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I did not get any feedback from the Metadata Interest Group, but I support this proposal. ------------------------------ Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (he/him) Metadata Librarian, Columbia University CORE Metadata Interest Group Liaison to CC:DA trm2151@columbia.edu ----------------------------- ...

RE: Review of RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/4

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall May 29, 2026 01:58 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I did not get any feedback from the Metadata Interest Group, but I support this proposal. ------------------------------ Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (he/him) Metadata Librarian, Columbia University CORE Metadata Interest Group Liaison to CC:DA trm2151@columbia.edu ----------------------------- ...

RE: Review of RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall May 29, 2026 01:58 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I did not get any feedback from the Metadata Interest Group, but I support this proposal. ------------------------------ Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (he/him) Metadata Librarian, Columbia University CORE Metadata Interest Group Liaison to CC:DA trm2151@columbia.edu ----------------------------- ...

Comments sought: RDA revision proposals for CC:DA

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall May 26, 2026 09:34 AM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear MIG colleagues, Apologies for short turnaround time. Please send me any comments you might have on the following RDA revision proposals by end of day this Thur. 28 May. Proposal to revise the preferred order of recording sources for early printed resources in Data provenance: ...

RE: Relator terms for collection aggregates with expressions by different agents

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Mar 30, 2026 10:41 AM
Found In Egroup: RDA-L \ view thread
Dear Zahra, For either collection or augmentation aggregates, catalogers may choose to provide direct access to the aggregated content through access points, or may choose to provide a formal contents note. I would lean towards viewing this publication as an augmentation aggregate rather than as a collection ...

Save the date: CC:DA midwinter meeting

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Jan 08, 2026 08:34 AM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear colleagues, The Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) will hold its Midwinter meetings virtually on Zoom, on Feb. 5 and 6, 2026, from 1:00-4:00 pm EST. Registration details and an agenda will be sent out later this month. CC:DA channels feedback from the ALA community ...

RE: 10 new RDA proposals: please send comments by Fri. 19 Dec.

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Dec 22, 2025 02:57 PM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear MIG colleagues, With apologies for delays, I wanted to note that in general I am very support of all the proposals coming from the RDA Extent Working Group. The current text of the Official RDA element Manifestation:extent of manifestation is quite convoluted, and I feel like these proposals ...

RE: Request for Comment: Proposal for Manifestation: Extent of Manifestation and Manifestation: Manifestation Extent Statement

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Dec 22, 2025 02:46 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I am supportive of this proposal, and of the various other proposals from the Extent Working Group--rather than comment on each individually to indicate support, I am doing so here. In the cases where I have more specific feedback, I have left comments on the thread for those proposals. ------- ...

RE: Request for Comment: Proposal for Container and Storage Subelements of Manifestation: Extent of Manifestation

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Dec 22, 2025 02:43 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I support this proposal, and would just note the following sentence on page one should be corrected: "The term container appears twice in the RDA Glossary appears twice and the definitions can be consolidated into the term in RDA Recording Source." I have a general question as to why the Extent ...

RE: Request for Comment: Proposal for Manifestation: Extent of Unitary Structure

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Dec 22, 2025 02:40 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I generally support this proposal. I echo Katelyn Borbely's comments about the definition of "exhibit" under recommendation 2.3. I would add the following recommendation for this definition: I would recommend keeping the enumeration of potential accompanying / aggregated materials in a exhibit open-ended. ...

RE: Request for Comment: Discussion paper on soft-deprecated parallel elements

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Dec 22, 2025 02:33 PM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I agree with some of the concerns raised about this discussion paper by others in this forum, including Jessica Grzegorski. It strikes me that entirely removing parallel elements would perhaps complicate practical implementations of RDA. If we are deprecating "parallel" elements, would it not be logical ...

RE: ALA Annual Meeting Time Slots

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Dec 01, 2025 10:44 AM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
These times are fine with me. -- Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (he/him/his)Metadata Librarian Columbia University Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services 102 Butler Library535 West 114th StreetNew York, NY 10027 trm2151@columbia.edu(212) 851-2452

10 new RDA proposals: please send comments by Fri. 19 Dec.

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Nov 26, 2025 01:57 PM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear Core Metadata Interest Group colleagues, It's taken a little while, but RDA proposals are once again moving full steam ahead, and there are 9 proposals and 1 discussion paper needing comments before the end-of-year holidays. Please send me your comments by Fri. 19 December. I haven't ...

10 new RDA proposals: please send comments by Fri. 19 Dec.

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Nov 26, 2025 01:56 PM
Found In Library: Core Metadata Interest Group

RDA news: new NARDAC rep sought, RSC November meeting

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Nov 07, 2025 08:36 AM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear Metadata Interest Group colleagues, With apologies for delays in relaying this message (been swamped at work!), two important updates from the world of RDA: ALA is seeking a new representative for the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC) The RDA Steering Committee November ...

RDA revision proposal: name of corporate body

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Sep 25, 2025 01:43 PM
Found In Egroup: Core Metadata Interest Group \ view thread
Dear Core Metadata Interest Group colleagues, The RDA Steering Committee (RSC)'s Religions Working Group has submitted an RDA revision proposal for comment: https://www.rdatoolkit.org/sites/default/files/uploads/RSC_ReligionsWG_2025_1.pdf . Please send me your comments by Wed. 15 October. ...

RE: Proposal to revise condition and option under Person: authorized access point for person

Posted By Timothy Mendenhall Jul 25, 2025 08:23 AM
Found In Egroup: Core CC:DA Public Space \ view thread
I think that the spirit of this proposal is correct, but I tend to agree with Kathy Glennan's comments. I received no feedback from the Core Metadata Interest Group. Copy editing issues: Page 2 / Recommendation 1: wouldn't the correct word be "preceded" and not "proceeded" Header: this ...