The full name of the working group is "Library of Congress Working Group on
the Future of Bibliographic Control", which gives a bit more context. The
best overview available at the moment are the minutes of the inaugural
meeting<http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/docs/LCWGMinutes110306final.pdf>
.
From all I've heard this WG could actually get a lot done. It's a good sign
that the meetings are open, and that the first meeting to be held is
focused on user needs.
To quote a Line:
"[XXXXX] is one of the most remarkable examples of trying to solve a problem
by committee, with predictable results … No data on users' needs were
collected: instead cataloguers discussed how to change the rules, rather as
if hens were to gather together to discuss the design of eggs."
Simon
On 3/5/07, Simon Spero <sesuncedu_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There's a bit more information available in the minutes of the inaugural
> meeting<http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/docs/LCWGMinutes110306final.pdf>,
> which are available online.
>
> The full name of the working group is "Library of Congress Working Group
> on the Future of Bibliographic Control", which puts things a little bit more
> context.
>
> It's a good sign that the meetings are open, and that the first meeting
> to be held is focused on user needs. To borrow a Line,
> "AACR2 is one of the most remarkable examples of trying to solve a problem
> by committee, with predictable results … No data on users' needs were
> collected: instead cataloguers discussed how to change the rules, rather as
> if hens were to gather together to discuss the design of eggs."
>
> Simon
>
> On 3/5/07, Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm going to attend the first public meeting of Library of Congress'
> > task force on the "bibliographic future" -- it's being held on Thursday
> > at Google. I have no idea what the task force is aiming at, and the
> > background paper for this meeting strikes me as being rather weak. This
> > particular meeting is on "Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data"
> > (http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/meetings/ ). I will attempt to
> > blog the meeting in some detail, if it has substantial content.
> >
>
Received on Mon Mar 05 2007 - 17:53:11 EST