Report of the MLA Liaison to CC:DA Prepared by Keith Knop CC:DA met virtually over two days, July 18-19, 2022. Minutes of the meeting are not yet available. Liaison Reports Melanie Polutta reported on activity at the Library of Congress (full report: https://alcts.ala.org/ccdablog/?p=5292). She highlighted two forms for providing feedback on LC-PCC PS and the associated PCC documents, one for reporting simple mechanical or typographical errors (https://loc.libwizard.com/f/lc-pcc-ps-error-report) and one for feedback or questions on the content (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSXHgduC1TnjXS7ERb0ggGyaIr3Z5xVeqUWyQ2fzEHioQR_w/viewform). There is also a public spreadsheet tracking revisions and answered questions (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vDPelYCMCtdEc4iahZ0bx_9r7AoH1B6boi_yAflvJ-8/edit#gid=0). A number of vocabulary changes in LCSH have gone through or are in process, notably including the removal of “primitive” from preferred terms in most contexts. The LCGFT manual is undergoing an overhaul, which may result in policy changes. The moratorium on proposals for LCDGT has been lifted and an advisory group has been formed to help evaluate proposals. LC has

MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Annual Meetings, June 28-29, 2022 Report by Karen Peters (Library of Congress), Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee (Recordings of the meetings are available here; note that timestamps are provided for each paper)   MAC Meeting No. 1, June 28, 2022, 10:30-12:35 EDT MAC Chair Cate Gerhart opened the meeting and explained the protocols for this set of virtual meetings, which were held via WebEx. After the MAC members introduced ourselves, the minutes from the January 2022 meetings were approved.   It was noted that two fast track proposals have been approved since the January meetings:  No. 2022-FT01, from the PCC Standing Committee on Standards, was converted from Discussion Paper No. 2022-DP04 at those meetings and approved. The proposal added subfields $i (Relationship information) and $4 (Relationship) to Field 373 (Associated Group) in the Authority Format. No. 2022-FT02, from the Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange and Library Archives

MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Annual Meetings, June 28-30, 2021 Report by Karen Peters (Library of Congress), Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee (Recordings of the meetings are available here). Meeting #1, June 28, 2021, 10:30-12:30 EST Chair Matthew Wise opened the meeting and explained the protocols for this set of virtual meetings, which were held via WebEx. After the MAC members introduced ourselves, minutes from the January 2021 meetings were approved. No fast-track proposals have been approved since the last meeting. Proposal No. 2021-11, “Defining Subfields $y and $z for Incorrect/Canceled ISSNs in Field 490 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format,” was introduced by Jay Weitz on behalf of OCLC. While field 490 permits the entry of ISSNs in subfield $x, there is currently no means of reflecting the status or accuracy of this information, if known. The proposed addition of the subfields is intended to provide a situation similar to that

MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Meetings, June 30-July 2, 2020   Report by Karen Peters (Library of Congress), Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee     June 30, 2020 Meeting, 10:30-12:30 EDT   Chair Matthew Wise began the meeting and explained the ground rules for this set of virtual meetings, the first ever such MAC meetings, which were held via WebEx. After MAC members introduced themselves, minutes from the January 2020 meeting at ALA Midwinter were approved, and it was noted that there have been no fast track changes since that meeting.   Proposal No. 2020-04, “Defining a New Subfield for Illustrative Content in Field 340 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format,” was introduced by Jodi Williamschen on behalf of NDMSO. The proposal defines $p for the stated purpose.   Applicable to other papers as well as this one, Thurstan Young brought up the issue of whether $0 or $1 (Real World Object) is

ALA Annual Conference 2019, Washington, D.C. Report by Karen Peters (Library of Congress), Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee MARC Advisory Committee Meetings (June 22 and 23) Over the course of two meetings, the MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) considered three Proposals–all derived from Discussion Papers presented at the Midwinter Meeting last January–and two Discussion Papers. All three of the Proposals passed. The first Discussion Paper will be fast-tracked, while the second will be coming back as a Proposal at the Midwinter Meeting next January. Besides these five items, there was an issue involving one of Proposals approved at the last Midwinter Meeting to be dealt with. MARC Proposal No. 2019-01​: ​Designating Open Access and License Information for Remote Online Resources in the MARC 21 Formats. While MAC approved this Proposal at its 2019 Midwinter Meeting, the Proposal was not fully implemented due to issues involving the 856 (Electronic Location and Access) field.

Notes on Meetings at ALA Annual, New Orleans, 2018 with a Focus on MARC and Other Encoding Standards, and Linked Data (Plus a Couple Other Meetings of More General Interest) Submitted July 12, 2018, by Jim Soe Nyun, Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee MARC Advisory Committee I Session 1: 6/23/18 Sessions 2-3: 6/24/18 Meeting agenda with links to papers: ​https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2018/2018-02.html Announcements of latest fast-track changes: Added $4 to 730 $r redefined in Field 382 (MLA request) Proposal No. 2018-02: Subfield Coding in Field 041 for Accessibility in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format Amended to clarify wording of new subfields $p and $r, passed unanimously Proposal No. 2018-03: Defining New Fields to Record Accessibility Content in the MARC 21 BibliographicFormat Amended to drop $0 and $1 as there was not a direct use case that people could see; added $8 to both fields; revised wording of the field’s scope and for indicator