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CC:DA/MARBI Rep/2010/2
June 26-28, 2010
Committee on Cataloging: Description & Access
Report of the MARBI Representative to CC:DA
Annual Conference 2010
Provided below are summaries of the proposals and discussion papers to be considered by MARBI at the ALA 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The report in its present form is intended for the benefit of CC:DA members at the above conference. Coverage of items of particular interest to CC:DA will be expanded in the final report submitted to the committee following this conference.
Complete text of the MARBI proposals and discussion papers summarized below is available from the MARC Advisory Committee web page: http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/marcadvz.html.
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Proposal No. 2010-06:
Encoding the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
Source: British Library Summary:This paper proposes ways to encode the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority formats. Related MARBI Documents: MARC Proposal No. 2003-04 (May 19, 2003); Discussion Paper No. 2010-03 (December 14, 2009) MARBI action taken: |
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Proposal 2010-07:
ISBD punctuation in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
Source: German National Library Summary: This paper proposes the use of Leader/18 (Descriptive Cataloging Form) to indicate the absence of ISBD punctuation at the end of subfields. Related MARBI Documents: Discussion Paper No. 2010-DP01 (December 14, 2009) MARBI action taken: |
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Discussion Paper No. 2010-08:
Encoding Scheme of Coordinate Data in Field 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data) of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
Source: Library of Congress Summary: This paper proposes adding a subfield to field 034 to specify the type of encoding scheme used to express coordinate data. Related MARBI Documents: None MARBI action taken: |
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Proposal No. 2010-09:
Addition of Subfield $u to Field 561 (Ownership and Custodial History) to the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Formats
Source: OCLC Summary: This paper proposes the addition of subfield $u (Uniform Resource Identifier) in field 561 to link to information about the provenance (ownership and custodial history) of a resource. Related MARBI Documents: None. MARBI action taken: |
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Discussion Paper No. 2010-DP04
Encoding the International Standard Text Code (ISTC) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
Source: British Library Summary: This paper explores options to encode the International Standard Text Code (ISTC) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority formats. Related MARBI Documents: MARC Proposal No. 2003-04; Discussion Paper No. 2010-DP03 MARBI action taken: |
| Discussion Paper No. 2010-DP05: Language Coding for Moving Images in Field 041 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
Source: Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) Summary: This paper suggests revising the application of 008/35-37 and 041 $a and $j for moving image materials to create a spoken/sung/signed versus written language distinction. In addition it suggests distinguishing between original language and language of intermediate translations that are both currently coded in subfield $h. Related MARBI Documents: None MARBI action taken: |
Everett Allgood,
MARBI Representative to CC:DA