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MLA-CMC Content Standards Subcommittee

March 5, 2016

Tracey Snyder, chair

tls224@cornell.edu

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About the subcommittee

  • Introductions
  • Formed in 2015
  • Merger of two former subcommittees—Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee and Authorities Subcommittee
  • Task groups carry out work

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Membership

  • Welcome new members (Mary, Peter, Jennifer, Sophie)
  • Thank outgoing members (Elizabeth, Jean, Beth, Steve, Chuck, Ray, Amy)
  • Applications due to subcommittee chairs Saturday 11 AM
  • Mary will be the new chair of CSS
  • Tracey will be the new chair of CMC

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Communication

  • MOUG-L and NMP-L for questions and answers
  • CMC blog for announcements and links
    • Comment-enabled
  • CMC website for resources

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Education

  • RDA online courses (Sonia)
  • Music cataloging webinar (Sonia, Mary)
  • Music cataloging workshop (Jean)
  • Music cataloging book (Jean)
  • Future webinars and screencasts

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Finite projects

  • DCRM(M) review
  • OLAC RDA Playaways guide
  • MARC 008/20 (Format of music) discussion
  • Hungarian string quartets—input on preferred titles for Vocabularies Subcommittee

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RDA Best Practices

  • RDA Toolkit
  • Supplements on CMC website
  • Timeline for edits/updates
  • Summaries of updates on CMC blog
  • Chapters 9-11 (persons, families, corporate bodies)
  • Popular music (AAPs)

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LC-PCC Policy Statements

  • 6.27.1.9 — Meistersinger (Libretto) AAP
  • 6.27.4.4 — Blue shades (Compilation) VAP
  • 6.28.3 — Order of expression elements in AAP
  • 6.14.2.5.2.1 — Duet(s) for Duo(s) in preferred title

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RDA relationship designators

  • JSC/RSC announced moratorium
  • Finalizing set of in-process proposals (DJ, music producer, etc.)
  • Ideas for after the moratorium (cover artist, associated recording artist, musical artist, etc.)

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RDA revision proposals (JMWG/RMWG)

  • 6.14 Title
  • 6.15 Medium of Performance
  • 6.16 Numeric Designation
  • 6.28 AAPs

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RDA revision proposals (ALA/CC:DA and JSC)

  • Sources of SORs
  • Recording Relationships
  • Machine-Actionable Data
  • Aggregates
  • Fictitious, pseudonymous, and nonhuman entities

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ALA/CC:DA news

  • Tracey's notes on CMC blog
  • BIBFRAME pilot at LC (Valerie)
  • Authorities Phase 3B
  • RDA governance and RSC representation (Kathy)
  • FRBR-LRM (Kathy)

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Resources

  • OLAC RDA DVD/Blu-ray guide
  • OLAC RDA streaming media guide
  • PCC SCT RDA sample records
  • Gary Strawn’s authorities toolkit

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