Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control Interest Group 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting Janis L. Young Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress Library administration Personnel Changes David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress, was appointed Deputy Librarian of Congress (Jan. 12, 2015) Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian of Congress for Library Services retired (Aug. 22, 2014) Mark Sweeney, director for Preservation, is serving as acting associate librarian 2 Personnel Changes NDMSO Kevin Ford, digital project coordinator, resigned (Oct. 24, 2014) New ABA division chiefs Vera Clyburn (US Arts, Humanities, and Sciences Division; Sept. 7, 2014) Zbigniew Kantorosinski (Germanic and Slavic Division; Sept. 7, 2014) New ABA section heads Hector Morey (Africa Section; Aug. 10, 2014) Jessalyn Zoom (History and Military Science Section; Aug. 25, 2014) 3 Cataloger’s Desktop “Search first,” not “browse first” Feedback may be sent to Bruce Johnson ([email protected]) 4 Planning began in late 2014 BIBFRAME Pilot Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate Moving Image, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division 5 Two new datasets added Linked Data Service Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM) American Folklore Society’s Ethnographic Thesaurus 6 Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics) DCRM(G) Updated by the Association of College and Research Libraries, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Covers all types of still images PDF freely available at http://rbms.info/dcrm/dcrmg or through a Cataloger’s Desktop subscription 7 Authority Work Statistics 2014 New NARs New LCSH New LCC 77,652 3,350 5,806* *Includes KIA-KIK, KF, and KJV developments 8 ALA/LC Romanization Tables Three table revisions Mande languages in N’ko script: CC:AAM will be voting Uighur: constituent comments due by Feb. 5, 2015 Tibetan: constituent comments due by March 1, 2015 One new table Cham: constituent comments due by Feb. 5, 2015 9 PCC RDA Authorities Phase 3 Task Group Charged with planning and implementing changes to the NAF To bring the remaining portion of the LC/NACO Authority File into alignment with RDA To populate existing name records with additional enhancements whenever possible 10 190,000 NARs updated PCC RDA Authorities Phase 3 Task Group Phase 3A Dec. 8, 2014Jan. 6, 2015 Updated music medium of performance (130/240 $m) Generated 382 fields Modified some subfields 100 $c Added 667 notes to undifferentiated personal names Generated 046 fields Reformulated 678s not suitable for public display to a 670 field Evaluated 370 fields 11 PCC RDA Authorities Phase 3 Task Group Phase 3B Summer 2015 Detailed description of revisions: http://files.library.northwestern. edu/public/rdaphase3/docs/ 12 LChelp4RDA Email Account [email protected] retired Established by PSD in 2010 Use [email protected] for RDArelated questions 13 JSC Meeting Nov. 2014 JSC discussed a total of 47 proposals and discussion papers and responses to them PSD developed five change proposals Brief summary of outcomes available at http://www.rdajsc.org/2014JSCmeetingoutco mes.html 14 No updates in Aug. 2014 Migration to new CMS RDA Toolkit’s Oct. 2014 release LC PCC/PSs 4 new policy statements 19 revised policy statements Next update: Feb. 2015 To include PSs reconciling PCC requirements from the CONSER and BIBCO standard records 15 Malaysian Jurisdictions and Features Updating name and subject headings to reflect changes to RDA 16.2.2.9 Malaysia no longer on list of exceptional countries UCSD is assisting PSD Working state-by-state Johor, Kedah, Pahang, Perlis, Sabah, and Terengganu are completed Continue to use existing headings until they are changed 16 Free Publications Vocabularies New editions will be posted on http://www.loc.gov/aba in Feb. 2015 LCSH, 37th edition LCGFT, 2015 edition LCMPT, 1st edition LC classification schedules, various editions 17 Free Publications Manuals Instruction sheets revised since the 2014 Annual Conference SHM: 16 instruction sheets CSM: 3 instruction sheets 18 Intended to be used under headings for preliterate peoples Subdivision cancelled --Industries SHM H 1103 From H 1103, Ethnic Groups Where it was specifically established Bibliographic records will be revised as time permits Brings PSD closer to providing a subject category code (072 field) to headings for ethnic groups 19 KIA-KIK, Law of the Indigenous Peoples in North America American Indian Law Draft schedule added to Classification Web in June 2014 KF8200-8578, Indians Expansion began in June 20 Schedules are not ready for use American Indian Law Captions, notes, and references are being finetuned for consistency Continue to use the free PDF of the KF schedule Anticipated completion: spring 2015 21 Law of Hawaii KJV schedule: Law of Hawaii (To 1900) Added to Classification Web and available for use 22 Turkish Literary Authors Since 1935, all Turkish literary authors have been classed in PL248.A-Z Overcrowded Filing rules changed in 1981 23 Revisions Turkish Literary Authors PL248.A-Z: Authors who began to publish through 2014 Numbers for literary authors whose names begin with O, Ö, U, and Ü were revised PL249.A-Z: Authors who begin to publish in 2015 and beyond 24 PSD approved approximately 175 “general” genre/form terms in Jan. 2015 LCGFT General Terms A partnership with the SAC Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation’s General Terms Working Group No plans to cancel any LCSH form subdivisions ($v) 25 PSD will approve approximately 560 terms in Feb. 2015 LCGFT Music Terms Public comment period closed Jan. 26, 2015 Partnership with the Music Library Association’s Bibliographic Control Committee, Form/Genre Task Force PSD and MLA are still discussing approximately 150 proposed terms 26 PSD will approve approximately 390 terms in March 2015 LCGFT Literature Terms Public comments to [email protected] through Feb. 18, 2015 More information and the Tentative List are available at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/ge nreliterature.html Partnership with the SAC Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation, Working Group on LCGFT Literature Terms 27 LCGFT Not yet accepting proposals for additional terminology for “general,” music, or literature terms LC has not yet determined when it will implement the new terminologies 28 Demographic Group Terms PSD is compiling LCSH classes of persons and ethnic group headings Next steps Determining which terms are likely to be needed as creator/contributor or audience characteristics Assigning terms to hierarchies Terms approved in spring 2015 29 Questions? 30