NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Barbara Vaughan, Column Editor
[The following two entries were adapted from messages recently sent to SACO members and are provided here for their connection to OLAC interests. Please see the CAPC Minutes in this issue for more information. --Editor]
GENRE/FORM AUTHORITY RECORDS
The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) is working toward adding genre/form authority records (MARC 21, tag 155) to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The first issuance of these records is now being readied. “Weekly List 35” will include approximately 70 records for review at the CPSO weekly editorial meeting to be held on August 29, 2007. The authority records for the approved headings will subsequently be distributed by CDS to its customers beginning September 11, 2007. Several batches of these authority records are being readied for review on subsequent lists.
SACO members are strongly encouraged to review the announcement about this development <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genre.html>, then look for "Weekly List 35" when it is posted.
Originally posted by:
John N. Mitchell, SACO Coordinator
Cooperative Cataloging Team
Library of Congress
<jmit@loc.gov>
WEEKLY LIST 35 NOW INCLUDES GENRE/FORM TERMS
Recently a notification was sent about the new genre/form terms being included on "Weekly List 35". That list is now posted at: <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/tentative/twls0735.html>. There are approximately 70 genre/form records for review on this list to be discussed at the CPSO weekly editorial meeting on August 29, 2007. SACO members are strongly encouraged to look at these particular genre/form terms.
The authority records for the approved headings will subsequently be distributed by CDS to its customers beginning September 11, 2007. Additional batches of these authority records are being readied for review on subsequent lists.
Important note: The SACO Program is not yet accepting new genre/form terms to be added as 155 headings at this time. An announcement will be made on the SACO-LIST for when SACO will begin accepting new 155 proposals.
For SACO members interested in submitting a genre/form term as a subject heading, the same mechanism remains in place. Submit the proposal as a topical subject heading tagged as a 150 and the CPSO policy specialists will review the contribution for consideration.
Originally posted by:
John N. Mitchell, SACO Coordinator
Cooperative Cataloging Team
Library of Congress
<jmit@loc.gov>
MOUG NMPAC CHANGE
The Music OCLC Users Group Executive Board recently reconfigured the NACO-Music Project Advisory Committee (NMPAC) as follows:
Non-voting:
- The NACO-Music Project (NMP) Coordinator.
- One Library of Congress Representative.
Voting:
- Two at-large members, chosen from among NMP participants, serving staggered 4-year terms, one of whom will serve as Chair.
- One MOUG Board Representative.
There are no longer separate OCLC and RLIN representatives, as a result of last year’s merger. The new configuration provides oversight (from the NMP Coordinator, the Library of Congress, and the MOUG Board), and includes three voting members.
Ralph Papakhian (Indiana University) remains NMP Coordinator. Ralph is rightly known as the Father of the NMP and his leadership remains an inspiration for all those NMP participants who have built the project’s reputations for high productivity, thoroughness, and accuracy.
I am pleased to announce that Ann Churukian (Vassar) has agreed to serve a four-year term as Chair of the NMPAC, taking over from Nancy Lorimer (Stanford) effective immediately--or as soon as Nancy and Ann have had a chat to talk over the transition and they are both comfortable with it.
Please also welcome the star of Pittsburgh stage, screen, MOUG business meeting, and--of course--the NACO-Music Project, Chuck Herrold (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh), who has graciously accepted a two-year appointment in order to establish the required staggered rotation of the at-large members.
Also joining our all-star lineup will be Joe Bartl (Library of Congress) as our LC representative. The term of service for the LC rep. (as well as how change/transition will be effected with that position) is still under consideration.
Kerri Scannell, MOUG Secretary/Newsletter Editor extraordinaire, will be the MOUG Board representative through the next annual meeting in Newport, Rhode Island.
My thanks to Ann, Chuck, and Joe for agreeing to help launch the new & improved (or perhaps it is really just "post-RLIN"?) NACO-Music Project Advisory Committee. My thanks also to outgoing members Paul Cauthen (U. of Cincinnati) and last year's Board representative, Mark Scharff (Washington U. in St. Louis) for their expert and dedicated service--and in Paul's case, quite a few more months of it than he originally signed up for! Ditto to Nancy Lorimer, who served as both RLIN representative and chair, and whose thoughtful suggestions to the Board as we approached this reconfiguration with trepidation were invaluable.
For a description of the NACO-Music Project, see <http://www.musicoclcusers.org/nmpintro.html>
Thank you all for your attention to this important change.
Originally posted by:
Neil R. Hughes
Chair, Music OCLC Users Group
University of Georgia Libraries
<nhughes@uga.edu>
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