The annual business meeting for the Content Standards Subcommittee will be held virtually on Monday, March 15, at 12:00PM-1:25PM ET (9:00AM-10:25 AM PT); see the agenda here. The meeting is open to all registered attendees of the joint MLA/TLA conference. Zoom links will become available 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting through the conference program in Sched.
The Cataloging and Metadata Committee is sponsoring three sessions at the MLA/TLA Conference, to be held online, March 1-5, 2021. Details of each session are below: Cataloging and Metadata Town Hall Monday, March 1, 4:30-5:55 ET Speakers: Hermine Vermeij, Karen Peters, Rebecca Belford, Keith Knop, Kevin Kishimoto, Kathy Glennan, Damian Iseminger This session features updates and special topics in music cataloging and metadata as well as an open discussion period; it is a forum for sharing information on important topics that do not each require their own program sessions. Speakers will provide up to date information on changes to RDA (as well as LC-PCC Policy Statements and MLA Best Practices), LCGFT, LCMPT, LCDGT, and MARC. Special topics this year include the new RDA Toolkit and an update on the MLA Linked Data Working Group (LDWG). Provider-Neutral Cataloging for Digital Scores Wednesday, March 3, 12:00-1:25 ET Speakers: Chuck Peters, Keith Knop
I wanted to draw your attention to a number of sessions taking place over the next month, which would have been part of ALA Midwinter in the past, but are virtual and free to attend this year. These may be of interest to music catalogers (or other catalogers in your shop). Enjoy! SAC Subcommittee on Faceted VocabulariesFriday, January 22, 3:00-4:30 ETAgenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WcoUyrcKHfxPQrqT7YvE5M-vm4z5pkE8BpjfYRdysWY/editAccess: https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/j/98127237309?pwd=ZTd1M1l3M1doQkJCRHlCeE9BTlM4UT09 Library of Congress January BIBFRAME Update ForumSunday, January 24, 10:00-11:00 ETAccess: http://login.icohere.com/login/login_presentation.cfm?comseq=5211494990817486&product=iCoPoint&pnum=IEE73688 MARC Advisory CommitteeTuesday, January 26-Thursday, January 28, 10:30-12:30 ETAgenda: https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/mw2021_age.htmlAccess: Tuesday: http://login.icohere.com/PCC?pnum=LGU73729 (Wednesday and Thursday TBA)Encoding Standards Subcommittee Chair Karen Peters will be attending as MLA’s liaison. Core Interest Group WeekMonday, February 1-Friday, February 5More information and (free but limited) registration: http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-weekIncludes Authority Control Interest Group, Catalog Management Interest Group, Embracing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Library Cataloging, and many others Committee on Cataloging: Description and AccessFriday, February 5 (2:00-4:00 ET), Tuesday February 9
This is the time of year when CMC liaisons would usually be preparing to attend ALA Annual to represent MLA’s positions and concerns in a number of cataloging- and metadata-related committees, interest groups, and program sessions. Of course, this year, none of us will be visiting Chicago for ALA, but several of the committees will be meeting virtually. ALCTS is also holding a Virtual Interest Group week, June 8-12. Registration for each session is free and open to all, and several may be of interest to music catalogers.
A slightly revised version (v. 1.41) of the MLA Best Practices for Using LCMPT (March 31, 2020) is now available, and should be used in place of the previous version. The main change is the deletion in its entirety of footnote 10 in version 1.4. Deleted: As of this writing, 382 subfields $e, $r and $t are defined in the MARC Authorities Format, but are not yet approved for use in LC/NACO authority records; see the Descriptive Cataloging Manual, Section Z1 for more information (via Cataloger’s Desktop or https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/dcmz1.pdf). Aside from that restriction and the second indicator difference mentioned above, these best practices guidelines apply equally to 382 fields in bibliographic and authority records. This brings the document in line with the change by LC, announced in March ahead of the April, 2020 update to DCM Z1, that subfields in the 382 field (Medium of Performance) are available for use in authority records (by NACO-Music
If you will be at MLA 2020 in Norfolk, please consider attending CMC’s open business meetings on Thursday, February 27 and Saturday February 29, in Salon H. Have a look at the CMC business meeting agenda, and bring your thoughts and ideas. Tracey Snyder, Chair, Cataloging and Metadata Committee, Music Library Association
The CMC Content Standards Subcommittee (CSS) will hold its business meeting on Saturday, February 29 from 11am-12:25pm in Salon H, Hilton Norfolk, The Main. The CSS Meeting Agenda contains more information about the meeting, which is open to all. Hope to see you there!
If you are going to the Music Library Association’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Norfolk, Virginia, please consider attending the meeting of the Cataloging and Metadata Committee’s Encoding Standards Subcommittee (ESS) that will be held Thursday, February 27 from 3:30-4:55 PM in Salon H of the Hilton Norfolk The Main. Please see the ESS Meeting Agenda for details. We hope that you can join us! Karen A. Peters, Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee
Everyone is welcome to attend the CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee business meeting, to be held Friday, February 28, 2020, from 1:30-2:55 in Salon H of the conference hotel for MLA Annual 2020, Hilton Norfolk The Main. Audience members unable to attend the full meeting are free to come and go quietly. Please see the VS meeting agenda for the full agenda as well as links to the Chair’s ALA reports and reports from the various VS task groups. We hope you can join us!Rebecca Belford, VS Chair
Using my Sched account, I have assembled my schedule for MOUG and MLA 2020 in Norfolk and am sharing it in the interest of promoting sessions relevant to cataloging and metadata. I have included all CMC business meetings and all sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by CMC, as well as MOUG sessions, MLA plenary sessions, and a few other relevant sessions and events. Please note that there are a number of program sessions of broad appeal (such as sessions addressing topics of mental health, equitable library services, and more) that I did not include in my schedule because they are not specific to cataloging and metadata or because I would not be able to attend due to a conflict with a CMC event. While I encourage you to attend CMC events, especially sponsored program sessions, please do explore the many non-CMC offerings as you decide what to attend. My schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ewVLIlZ4l5tz8MpzZ-PN1qGVtYO1j8b/view?usp=sharing
The MLA Cataloging and Metadata Committee invites all interested persons to apply for membership on its subcommittees. There are open positions on all CMC subcommittees: Content Standards, Encoding Standards, and Vocabularies. See the FAQ page, the Groups page, and the Contact page for more information. If you are interested in serving on a CMC subcommittee (a four-year term), please send a brief application to the CMC chair and any of the current subcommittee chairs. Applications must be in writing and should state: 1) your specific interest with regards to the subcommittee(s) to which you would like to apply and your order of preference of subcommittees; 2) your cataloging/metadata background; and 3) your abilities to meet CMC service expectations. Applications must be received via email or posted to the bulletin board at the MLA conference by end of day on the Friday of MLA. (Email is preferable, and early submission is
The Vocabularies Subcommittee (Cataloging and Metadata Committee, Music Library Association) is pleased to announce the release of Best Practices for Using LCMPT v.1.4 (July 8, 2019) and Best Practices for Using LCGFT for Music Resources v.1.2 (July 8, 2019). Current MLA best practices as well as superseded versions for historical interest may be found at https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/mpage/cmc_mlabestpractices. If you have the BPs bookmarked, please make sure your link takes you to the current version. LCMPT v.1.4 In addition to organizational and style changes, including a table of contents, version 1.4 of the BPs for LCMPT is significantly expanded. Added sections and examples include: MARC coding: alternative instruments, hymns and similar vocal works, vocal range abbreviations, use of $3 Partial medium of performance statements: use case for choice to omit field 382 Band and wind ensemble: new section Number of hands: added examples Entirely unspecified medium: new section Visuals and Mixed media:
Here is the handout prepared by the funnel coordinators for the NACO/SACO/BIBCO funnels meeting at MLA 2019: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_JBnA2UHWv9YyHFzzuK9iJswrxfoCUe/view
Please consider attending our open business meetings at MLA in St. Louis. Have a look at our agenda, and bring your thoughts and ideas. Tracey Snyder, Chair, MLA Cataloging and Metadata Committee
Everyone is invited to attend the Content Standards Subcommittee Business meeting, to be held Saturday, February 23 from 11 am-12:25 pm in the New York Central/Illinois Central Room. The agenda may be found here. Hope to see you there! Mary Huismann, CSS Chair
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