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Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control Interest Group. 2014 ALA Annual Conference Janis L. Young Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress. BIBFRAME Editor Pilot. Undertaken by the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control Interest Group2014 ALA Annual Conference
Janis L. YoungPolicy and Standards Division
Library of Congress
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BIBFRAME Editor Piloto Undertaken by the Acquisitions and
Bibliographic Access Directorate o Materials in English, a Western European
language, and a language in a non-roman script
o May include a non-print formato Timeline
• Planning completed in FY2014• Pilot completed by end of FY2015
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RDA Toolkito February release
• Fast-track changes to RDA text• 28 new, deleted, or revised LC-PCC Policy
Statementso April release
• Annual update to RDA by the JSC• Fast-track changes to RDA text• 62 new, deleted, or revised PSs
o August release: only RDA updates for translations (no changes to the English text)
o October release: RDA and PS updates
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Summary of RDA Updateso Table highlighting some of the
April 2014 changes to RDA• Supplements the revision history
and update history information in the RDA Toolkit
• http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/pdf/ summary_rda_changes_2014.pdf
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Descriptive Cataloging Using RDA
o Nine-module curriculum• Developed by Tim Carlton (Library of
Congress) and Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee (Catholic University)
• For LIS students and new catalogers• Will be made available on the
Cataloger’s Learning Workshop web page (www.loc.gov/catworkshop)
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Cabo Verdeo Cape Verde was revised to Cabo
Verde• Due to December 2013 BGN decision• Associated name headings were
adjusted in May• Forty proposals to revise subject
authorities appear on July’s Tentative List
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South Australiao Abbreviation revised to S.A.
from S. Aust.• Name authorities were adjusted in
early 2014• Sixty proposals to revise subject
authorities appeared on April’s Tentative List
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Malaysiao No longer listed as a country whose states are not
qualified by country (16.2.2.9)o Both the state and country name will appear in all
geographic qualifiers • RDA 16.2.2.12 Alternative
o Projects to adjust the name authority file and LCSH are ongoing• LC is being assisted by the University of California, San
Diego• Catalogers should continue to use the existing headings
as established until they are revised
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Printed Documentationo Sale of printed documentation
to cease July 1st
• All remaining publications are half price Exception: LCSH, 35th ed. (2013)
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Free Access to Documentation
o LC Subject Headings • 36th edition (June 2014)
o LC Classification• Most current edition of each schedule
o Keeping current• New editions to be posted each January• Earlier editions will be archived
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Free Access to Documentationo Subject Headings Manual
• Current through the June 2014 “update package”
o Classification and Shelflisting Manual• Current edition (2013)
o Keeping current• Will begin to update instruction sheets on
an as-needed basis in July 2014• Superseded files will be overwritten
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Fictitious Characterso Fictitious characters appropriated
or reused by another author• Assign the heading for the original
charactero Unrelated characters with the same
name• Establish and assign a separate
heading
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o Being established in the Name Authority file and cancelled from LCSH
o Are not covered by SHM H 1110, Names of Persons• Applicable free-floating subdivisions are
provided in H 1095
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o Derivative phrase and subdivided headings are generally being cancelled
Venus (Roman deity)—ArtVenus (Roman deity) in literature
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Nameso Derivative phrase and subdivided
headings are not cancelled if• Subdivision does not free-float• Heading is needed for a BT or RT
Raphael (Archangel)—In literature
Demeter (Greek deity)—CultNT Thesmorphia
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o All instructions in RDA 9.19 and corresponding LC-PCC PSs are applicable
150 ## $a Medea (Greek mythology)100 0# $a Medea, $c consort of
Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
150 ## $a Fala (Dog)100 1# $a Fala $c (Dog) $d 1940-1952
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American Indian Lawo KIA-KIK, Law of the Indigenous
Peoples in North America• Draft schedule added to
Classification Web in Juneo KF8200-8578, Indians• Expansion began in June
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American Indian Lawo Inputting revisions directly• Will not appear on a Tentative List• PSD is not accepting proposals
o Schedules are not ready for use• For the time being, use the free PDF of
the KF scheduleo Anticipated completion: August
2014
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Juvenile Belles Lettres
Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres American and EnglishPZ7 General juvenile belles lettres, 1870-2014PZ7.1 General juvenile belles
lettres, 2015-
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Genre/Form Projectso LC continues to partner with several
organizations to develop genre/form terms
o Ongoing projects• General terms (SAC/SGFI)• Literature (SAC/SGFI)• Music (MLA)• Religion (ATLA)
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Mediums of Performanceo Library of Congress Medium of Performance
Thesaurus for Music (LCMPT) was released and implemented by LC in February• MARC 21 authority records may be downloaded
from http://classificationweb.net/LCMPT/• Records in a variety of formats may be
downloaded from the LC Linked Data Service, http://id.loc.gov
o All SACO proposals must be submitted through the SACO Music Funnel
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Demographic Group Termso PSD is compiling LCSH classes of
persons and ethnic group headingso Next steps
• Determining which terms are likely to be needed as creator/contributor or audience characteristics
• Assigning terms to hierarchieso On schedule for approval in late 2014
or early 2015
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Questions?