**Please excuse cross posting.**.
Dear colleagues,
It's already next week! MARC Format Transition Interest Group
<https://connect.ala.org/core/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=bfdc5746-8b0b-4d09-a1b5-042f7f95abdd>
is holding a session during the Core IG Week
<https://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-week> on
Wednesday, March 8th at 1pm(ET)/noon(CT)/10am(PT).
To register the session, go to the Core IG Week website
<https://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-week> or via
the direct link:
https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuc-mupj8uEtFYlChf3vOZdUqoCTiY0WET
session title: *"There's A LOT Still Happening in MARC : Some Updates on
MARC Formats" *
session description: The MARC Format Transition Interest Group is pleased
to hold a session on what is happening to the MARC Format while Linked Data
initiatives are intensifying and progressing. The IG is fortunate to hear
from three groups on their latest activities and reports:
- By Thurstan Young, British Library about MARC/RDA Working Group
<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Fmarc%2Fmac%2FMARC-RDA_Working_Group.html&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cab6b7079823349fb8be308dadeb72c45%7C21a44cb7f9c34f009afabd1e8e88bcd9%7C0%7C0%7C638067175901745253%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WM7cBr0VYki3EmPres%2FgX7Uz233iy9jbGH17wOnmA94%3D&reserved=0>
- By Ben Abrahamse, MIT, Co-Chair about PCC Task Group on MARC
Simplification for BIBFRAME Conversion
<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Faba%2Fpcc%2Ftaskgroup%2FMARC-Simplification-for-BF-Conversion-charge.pdf&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cab6b7079823349fb8be308dadeb72c45%7C21a44cb7f9c34f009afabd1e8e88bcd9%7C0%7C0%7C638067175901745253%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ut%2FBPQhbRFtFM8hPQdUujNnlC71Kq6I%2B%2BqVVfGBNyjQ%3D&reserved=0>
- By Jackie Shieh, Smithsonian, Co-Chair and Steve McDonald, Tufts,
Co-Chair about PCC SCA Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and Practices in
MARC Bibliographic Records
<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Faba%2Fpcc%2Fsca%2Fdocuments%2FSCA-Enhancing-Metadata-in-MARC-Bib-Records-charge.pdf&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cab6b7079823349fb8be308dadeb72c45%7C21a44cb7f9c34f009afabd1e8e88bcd9%7C0%7C0%7C638067175901745253%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tENoP7tfgPiSx94%2Fo7ZYblPOSYoM78g7tSkPix2XgnA%3D&reserved=0>
Whether your institutions will transition to Linked Data in the near future
or not, It seems MARC will co-exist in the library world for a long time to
come. So what do we need to be aware of in the MARC format's transition?
*MARC/RDA Working Group*
*RDA and MARC 21 Development : Report on the MARC RDA Working Group and
Wider Community Initiatives*
The MARC RDA Working Group was first set up at the end of 2019 in order to
consider the issues around implementing changes which arose from the RDA
Toolkit Restructure and Redesign (3R) Project. This report provides an
overview of the MARC RDA Working Group’s activities and accomplishments
over its lifetime between 2019 and 2022. It also summarizes the work of the
wider community in making RDA related changes to the MARC 21 formats during
this period. The report goes on to consider outstanding issues and the
lessons learned from the process of aligning MARC 21 with RDA.
*Thurstan Young* is a Collection Metadata Analyst working at the British
Library.
*PCC Task Group on MARC Simplification for BIBFRAME Conversion*
*BIBFRAME to MARC Conversion: the Current State of Play*
The PCC Task Group on MARC Simplification for BIBFRAME Conversion was
created in February 2022 by the PCC Policy Committee, and given a charge to
develop a simplified set of MARC fields to support the conversion of data
created in BIBFRAME to functional MARC records. The membership of the Task
Group consisted of thirteen cataloging and metadata librarians,
representing a variety of institutions and metadata specializations. We
examined existing BIBFRAME to MARC 21 conversion specifications, and
evaluated their alignment with existing metadata application profiles, as
well as the MARC format. The collaborative effort lasted through the
summer, and the final report was issued in October 2022. I will share some
of the accomplishments of this Work Group, which include a preliminary
repertoire of MARC fields suitable for BIBFRAME-to-MARC conversion, as well
as the identification of challenges that remain for data conversion from
BIBFRAME to MARC.
*Ben Abrahamse* is a Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at the MIT Libraries.
*PCC SCA Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and Practices in MARC
Bibliographic Records*
*Linked Data in MARC: Report of the Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and
Practices in MARC Bibliographic Records*
The Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and Practices in MARC Bibliographic
Records was charged in July 2022 to make recommendations on changing
descriptive practices and non-access MARC fields to take advantage of
linked data. The task group submitted its final report in January 2023. The
report is scheduled to be discussed by the PCC Policy Committee in March
2023. The co-chairs will present the background, methodology, and resulting
report of the task group.
*Steve McDonald* is a Digital Initiatives Librarian at Tufts University.
*Jackie Shieh* is a Descriptive Data Management Librarian at Smithsonian
Libraries
If you have any questions (i.e., what would you like to know from each
respective group) that would help realize the purpose or goals of this
session, please feel free to contact me (suzukik_at_newschool.edu).
I am looking forward to seeing many of you at the session.
Best,
- Keiko
for MARC Format Transition Interest Group
KEIKO SUZUKI
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR METADATA & COLLECTION SERVICES
DIGITAL LIBRARIES & TECHNICAL SERVICES (DLTS)
LIBRARIES, COLLECTIONS & ACADEMIC SERVICES (LCAS)
66 WEST 12TH STREET, RM 705, NEW YORK, NY 10011
suzukik_at_newschool.edu
<https://www.newschool.edu/email-signature-generator/suzukik@newschool.edu>
T 646-909-4406
https://library.newschool.edu/
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Received on Fri Mar 03 2023 - 08:56:23 EST