Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control
Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control Interest Group 2017 ALA Annual Conference Janis L. Young Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress
Resumed in June 2017 Input of bibliographic data BIBFRAME Pilot BIBFRAME 2. 0 vocabulary Non-Latin description in native scripts Completion of name authority work RDA and MODS vocabulary 2
BIBFRAME Pilot Available on Git. Hub BIBFRAME 2. 0 All LC-developed BIBFRAME tools 3
RDA Toolkit releases February 2017 LC PCC/PSs 30 revised statements April 2017 68 new, revised, or deleted statements 4
LC PCC/PSs Summaries of each release are available at http: //www. loc. gov/aba/rda /lcps_access. html 5
Bulgarian Jurisdictions 1946 -1987 Bulgaria was arranged into 28 okrugs 1987 Okrugs were reorganized into 9 large oblasts 1999 Large oblasts were split into 28 smaller oblasts Complicating factor Some oblasts have had linear name changes 6
Name authorities have been corrected Bulgarian Jurisdictions Earlier/later relationships Subject usage information All names may be used as descriptive access points 7
Former policy Subject Headings for Atlases Assigned to world atlases only Atlases, [nationality] Assigned to world atlases published in the country indicated in the heading 8
Policy as of May 2017 Atlases Subject Headings for Atlases Assigned to all atlases regardless of geographic coverage Subdivided geographically to bring out country of publication Atlases, [nationality] Cancelled in favor of headings in the form Atlases—[place] 9
Geographic or topical coverage of atlases Subject Headings for Atlases Assigned headings of the type [place]—Maps and [topic]—[place]—Maps Example: A road atlas of Germany, published in Austria Roads—Germany—Maps. Atlases—Austria. 10
FY 2017 Omnibus Bill: LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens “… the Library of Congress is directed to make publicly available its process for changing or adding subject headings. It is expected that [the process be] clearly defined, transparent, and allows input from stakeholders including those in the congressional community …” 11
LC envisions a webpage Will describe LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens Procedures for preparing and submitting a proposal The review process The methods by which decisions are published Will link to relevant sections of the SHM and to other LC webpages Available later this summer 12
LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens LC is still conferring with interested parties on the disposition of the subject heading The decision will be announced through the normal process 13
H 204, Evaluating Subject Proposals New SHM Instruction Sheet Describes PSD’s subject proposal workflow Outlines the issues that policy specialists consider as they review proposals Available at http: //www. loc. gov/aba/publ ications/Free. SHM/H 0204. pdf 14
Available on the Cataloger’s Learning Workshop http: //www. loc. gov/catworkshop/lcsh/ LCSH Online Training Instructors Janis L. Young, senior cataloging policy specialist, PSD Daniel N. Joudrey, associate professor, Simmons SLIS 15
Currently available Unit 1. Foundations (5 modules) Unit 2. Structure of LCSH (8 modules) LCSH Online Training Unit 3. Subject Headings Manual (3 modules) Unit 4. Main headings: the details (12 modules) Unit 5. Assigning simple headings to resources (4 modules) Unit 6. Subdivisions (18 modules) To come Unit 7. MARC format Unit 8. Putting it all together 16
Art Genre/Form Project Undertaken in cooperation with the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee Collaborating on the final list of terms that will be formally proposed for inclusion in LCGFT 17
Initial draft instruction sheets were published in June 2017 Medium of Performance Thesaurus Manual Rules and guidelines format of headings, references, and scope notes Technical details on making proposals Additional draft instruction sheets will be published as they are completed http: //www. loc. gov/aba/publications /Free. LCMPT/freelcmpt. html 18
Now accepting proposals for new and revised medium of performance terms LCMPT Proposals Follow the guidelines in the draft Manual Use the normal SACO workflow SACO members are encouraged to submit proposals through the SACO Music Funnel 19
Extended through December 2017 LCDGT Pilot Phase 3 Proposals that are needed for new cataloging only are being accepted by PSD Draft Demographic Group Terms Manual: http: //www. loc. gov/aba/publications /Free. LCDGT/freelcdgt. html 20
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