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Program of Work, April – September 2003

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Date Action Item Action Taken
May 1 All documents for the June CC:DA Meeting are due! ———
May 1 Report of the Task Force on an Appendix of Major Changes Done: document distributed:
CC:DA/TF/Appendix …/8
May 1 Interim Report of the Task Force on Rule 21.0D Done: document distributed:
CC:DA/TF/Rule 21.0D/3
May 1 Documents from the Consistency Task Force Done: documents distributed (see below under June 30)
May 12 Response to ACOC/2 (Malay names) Done (5/6/2003):
ACOC/2/ALA response
May 12 Response to CILIP-BL/1/Rev (Introductions) Done (5/6/2003):
CILIP-BL/1/Rev/LC response/ALA response
May 12 Response to Sec/4/LC response (Major/minor changes) Done (5/6/2003):
Sec/4/LC response/ALA response
May 12 Response to LC/57/ALA response/LC response (Inaccuracies) Done (5/6/2003):
LC/57/ALA response/LC response/ALA response
May 12 FRBR terminology: Response to Chair/76/Chair follow-up/4/LC response Done (5/19/2003):
Chair/76/Chair follow-up/4/LC response/ALA response
June 21 & 23 CC:DA Meetings at ALA Annual Conference ———
June 30 All proposals for September JSC Meeting are due! ———
June 30 New and revised proposals from Consistency Task Force Done (7/26/03): 4JSC/ALA/49/Rev, 4JSC/ALA/50/Rev, 4JSC/ALA/53, and 4JSC/ALA/54
June 30 New proposal on Turkish word “bir” Document distributed:
CC:DA/CC:AAM/2003/1
Action deferred for further consultation (6/23/03)
June 30 New proposal on German capitalization Document distributed:
CC:DA/Croissant/2003/1
Action deferred for further consultation (6/23/03)
June 30 New proposal on Glossary “Coloured illustration” Done (6/26/03):
ALA/51
June 30 New proposal on rule 12.1E1 Done (6/23/03):
ALA/52
June 30 Report/Proposals from ALA/BL Task Force on Reconceptualizing Chapter 9 Done (7/7/03):
ALA-BL/1/ALA-BL follow-up
Aug. 11 All responses to proposals for the September JSC Meeting are due! ———
Aug. 11 Revised proposal on URNs and standard numbers (ALA/42, BL/8) Deferred
Aug. 11 Response to revised proposal on specific characteristics of electronic resources (ALA/36/...) Done (8/11/03):
ALA/36/Rev/ALA rep follow-up/2/ALA response
Aug. 11 Response to revised proposals on conventional terminology in Chapters 6 and 7 Done (8/15/03)
CCC/6/Rev/ALA response; CCC/7/Rev/ALA response
Aug. 11 Response to papers on GMDs and class of materials concept Documents distributed:
ACOC Rep/1 and ACOC Rep/1/Chair follow-up
Done (6/21/03): CC:DA decided not to respond
Aug. 11 Response to revised LC proposal on multiparts Done (7/25/03):
LC/55/LC follow-up/ALA response
Aug. 11 Response to revised LC proposal on transcription of series titles (LC/58) Done (8/4/03):
LC/58/LC follow-up/ALA response
Aug. 11 Response to LC proposal on the basis of the description, etc. (1.0A) Done (7/25/03):
LC/59/ALA response
Aug. 11 Response to Secretary follow-up on FRBR terminology Done (8/19/03):
Chair/76/Chair follow-up/4/Sec follow-up/ALA response
Aug. 11 Response to BL proposal on capitalization of single letters Done (8/27/03):
BL/7/BL follow-up/2/ALA response
Sept. 8-10 JSC Meeting in Brisbane ———
Dec. 5 Documents for CC:DA Meetings at ALA Midwinter due ———
Dec. 5 Revised proposal on German capitalization Document distributed (7/11/03):
CC:DA/Croissant/2003/1/Rev
Dec. 5 Response to Secretary document on “considered to be important” Document received: Sec/6/Rev
Dec. 5 Response to Secretary document on punctuation of language notes Document received: Sec/7/Rev
——— New proposal to remove “entry” as “record”  
——— Review of examples for the new edition  

Rev. 8/31/03