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CC:DA Core Midwinter Report 2021

Virtual meetings held February 5, 9, and 12, 2021. Reported by Keith Knop  February 5 The first meeting was largely concerned with procedural matters but also featured reports from two task forces and a presentation and Q&A session with James Hennelly from ALA Publishing. An open question is the nature of virtual meetings in the future; once the Core transition is complete it is not clear if ALA will want all committee meetings to be conducted via an ALA account or if it will be fine to continue using, e.g., the committee chair’s institution’s Zoom account, as CC:DA has been. A proposed task force to review the final draft of the ALA Cataloging Code of Ethics (final version) did not form due to a series of scheduling misunderstandings.  The charge of the Virtual Participation Task Force was amended to include investigation of ALA Connect as a tool for committee work,

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SAC: Core Midwinter Report 2021

Virtual meetings held February 26, 2021 and March 19, 2021 Report by Rebecca Belford, Chair, CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee and MLA liaison to SAC New business follows highlight of liaison reports, below. Technical difficulties with the ALA Core Connect Space means that access to liaisons’ written reports has been unintentionally restricted; these are available on request.  SAC Chair Brian Stearns welcomed new associate members Margaret Joyce and Adrian Williams; new liaison organizations and their liaisons Getty (Jonathan Ward), OCLC (Robert Bremer), and LC Children’s and Young Adults’ Cataloging Program (Stacey Devine); and new liaisons for LC Editorial (Michele Zwierski) and FAST (Heidy Berthoud). Library of Congress Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division (Janis Young) Young thanked SAC members for SAC’s comments on the LC tentative lists and for their help with literary author numbers and the multiples cancellations projects. SAC participants contributed 258 of the author class numbers added to authority

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Vocabularies Subcommittee: MLA Report 2021

Music Library Association Cataloging and Metadata Committee: Vocabularies Subcommittee (VS) Business Meeting 2021 Summary Thursday, March 18, 2021, 3:00-4:25 pm Eastern, via Zoom Members present Rebecca Belford (Chair), Anne Adams, Ann Churukian, Patty Falk, Joshua Henry, Mary Huismann, Marty Jenkins, Leonard Martin, Allison McClanahan, Jennifer Olson, Kyle Shockey, Tracey Snyder, Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator), Beth Iseminger (SACO Music Funnel Coordinator), Maarja Vigorito (LC Representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) Chair’s report (Belford) ALA Liaison The VS Chair serves as MLA’s liaison to ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee. Reports from the SAC and SAC Subcommittee of Faceted Vocabularies meetings at ALA Annual 2020, a draft report from part 1 of the SAC 2021 midwinter meeting, and a summary of the SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) meeting were distributed in advance. Belford was unable to attend the SSFV meeting and thanked SSFV Chair Casey Mullin for use of the chair’s report

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Encoding Standards Subcommittee: MLA Report 2021

Minutes, Cataloging and Metadata Committee Encoding Standards Subcommittee Business Meeting Monday, March 15, 2021, 2:00-3:25 ET (via Zoom) Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRxGdocO-Ev6LKxHWFRWeJFJXTBmQ3eOKiPktEFu-Q1hZ8WkdY__DhC5gGnrHlMfg/pub Members in attendance: Karen Peters (Chair), Jim Alberts, Ethan D’Ver, Matt Ertz, Chelsea Hoover, Rahni Kennedy, Jeff Lyon, Felicia Piscitelli, Tomoko Shibuya, Amy Strickland, Damian Iseminger (LC representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC representative). 1) Welcome and introductions The Chair welcomed attendees to the meeting and asked the Subcommittee members to introduce themselves. 2) ESS Chair’s report (Chair) The Chair briefly pointed out the links in the Agenda to her reports on the June/July 2020 and January 2021 MARC Advisory Committee Meetings (in lieu of the usual ALA reports); acknowledged new (since the last meeting) Subcommittee member Jeff Lyon; thanked outgoing Subcommittee members Matt Ertz and Felicia Piscitelli for their past service; and issued a call for applications from new members. 3) LC Liaison report (Iseminger) Damian Iseminger reported that he is

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Content Standards Subcommittee: MLA Report 2021

Music Library Association Cataloging and Metadata Committee (CMC) Content Standards Subcommittee (CSS) Business Meeting Monday, March 15, 2021, 12:00-1:25 pm Via Zoom – Meeting Slides Members present: Linda Bagley, Ben Barba, Kristi Bergland, Janice Bunker, Reed David, Chris Holden, Ivan Kaproth-Joslin, Casey Mullin, Chuck Peters, Hannah Spence, Jay Weitz Members not present: Monica Figueroa, Jacob Schaub, Michelle Urberg 1. Welcome & introductions The Chair welcomed members and audience observers and reminded everyone of the “Conduct during meetings” statement from the CMC Handbook and the MLA Code of Conduct. 2. Minutes Minutes of the previous meeting were approved, with the correction of one typo in a member’s name. 3. Chair’s Report (Knop) Membership Two members joined the committee in 2020 Linda Bagley Jacob Schaub Three members completed terms in 2021 Kristi Bergland Monica Figueroa Michelle Urberg The chair reminded attendees that applications for the committee were still being accepted. Liaison reports

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CMC Business Meeting Report 2021

MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CATALOGING AND METADATA COMMITTEE Business Meeting, MLA Annual Meeting 2021, Remote Wednesday, Match 17, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m., ET 1. Introduction and announcements (Vermeij)          1:00-1:10 Hermine Vermeij called the meeting to order and displayed the agenda for everyone to see. She noted that it was the first virtual meeting, which despite lacking the in-person experience that all have come to enjoy, it expands accessibility, a feature that we could take into future meetings. Introductions were made around the table for all of the officers present. a. Adjustments to agenda, conduct i. There were no adjustments to the agenda at this time. ii. Hermine said that the meeting conduct will follow as closely as possible to the meetings held in person. She requested that guests type “???” into chat if they wish to speak or to raise their hands. iii. Hermine noted that, this year, CMC is having

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Vocabularies Annual Report: 2020

Report title: Annual Report, July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020 Submitted by: Rebecca Belford Group Name: Vocabularies Subcommittee, Cataloging and Metadata Committee Special Office: ALA Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) Liaison Group Members Rebecca Belford, Chair (2022) Anne Adams (2023) Ann Churukian (2024) Patty Falk (2024) Jenée Force (resigned 2020) Joshua Henry (2021) Mary Huismann (2024) Marty Jenkins (2021) Jeff Lyon (2020) Leonard Martin (2023) Allison McClanahan (2023) Jennifer Olson (2023) Treshani Perera (2022) Kyle Shockey (2021) Tracey Snyder (2024) Mark Scharff, NACO Music Project Coordinator (2025) Beth Iseminger, SACO Music Funnel Coordinator (2025) Nancy Lorimer, SACO Music Funnel Coordinator (2020) Maarja Vigorito, Library of Congress Representative Jay Weitz, OCLC Representative Previous Goals Continue with defined project list for LCGFT (recordings and moving image projects in particular) and LCMPT (areas identified by best practices revisions) (goal area: value of the profession; MLA FY action 19-20, “Engage with Other Fine Arts Professional Organizations”)

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Encoding Standards Annual Report: 2020

Annual Report, July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020 Submitted by: Karen A. Peters, Chair Group Name: Encoding Standards Subcommittee Special Offices: ALA MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Liaison, ALA Metadata Interest Group (MIG) Liaison, [RDA/MARC Working Group] Group Members Karen Peters (Chair, 2019-2023) Jim Alberts (2023) Margaret Corby (2020) Ethan D’Ver (2023) Matt Ertz (2021) Chelsea Hoover (2022) Rahni Kennedy (2023) Nancy Lorimer (2020) Jeff Lyon (2024) Rebecca McCallum (resigned 2020) Casey Mullin (resigned 2020) Felicia Piscitelli (2021) Tomoko Shibuya (2022) Amy Strickland (2022) Damian Iseminger (LC Representative) Jay N. Weitz (OCLC Representative) Previous Goals Continue to monitor and participate in MARC development—particularly in light of upcoming implementation of 2020 RDA (currently beta RDA)–and communicate any needs for best practices or other documentation to help music catalogers implement changes to MARC (Goal area: Value of the Profession) The Chair served as MLA’s representative to the MARC Advisory Committee (MAC), attending MAC’s meetings

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Content Standards Annual Report: 2020

CURRENT ROSTER Keith Knop (Chair, 2020-2024) Mary Huismann (Chair, 2016-2020) Linda Bagley (2024) Benjamin Barba (2022) Kristi Bergland (2021) Janice Bunker (2022) Ann Churukian (2020) Reed David (2024) Patty Falk (2020) Monica Figueroa (2021) Ivan Kaproth-Joslin (2023) Kevin Kishimoto (2020) Anna Alfeld LoPrete (2020) Charles Peters (2023) Jacob Schaub (2024) Hannah Spence (2023) Michelle Urberg    (2021) Casey Mullin (BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator) Christopher Holden (Library of Congress Representative) Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) LIST OF PREVIOUS GOALS AND PROGRESS MADE Manage the chair transition that will take place following the MLA 2020 meeting (Goal area: Organizational Excellence, Value of the Profession) Outgoing chair Mary Huismann met in person with Keith Knop at the Norfolk meeting to discuss the state of current and future projects, created a shared transition documentation folder, and notified CC:DA chair Amanda Ros and ALA Publishing representative Jamie Hennelly of the transition. Mary Huismann completed work on a

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Annual Report from the Chair: 2020

Report Title: Cataloging and Metadata Committee Annual Report, July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020 Submitted by: Hermine Vermeij Group Name: Cataloging and Metadata Committee Group Members Tracey Snyder, Chair, Cataloging and Metadata Committee (2020) Hermine Vermeij, Incoming Chair/Chair, Cataloging and Metadata Committee (2023) Mary Huismann, Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee (2020) Keith Knop, Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee (2024) Karen Peters, Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee (2023) Rebecca Belford, Chair, Vocabularies Subcommittee (2022) Joshua Henry, Secretary/Webmaster (2022) Christopher Holden, Editor, Music Cataloging Bulletin (2020) Kirk-Evan Billet, Editor, Music Cataloging Bulletin (2025) Linda Blair, BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator (2020) Casey Mullin, BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator (2025) Mark Scharff, NACO-Music Project Coordinator (2025) Nancy Lorimer, SACO Music Funnel Coordinator (2020) Beth Iseminger, SACO Music Funnel Coordinator (2025) Susan Vita, Library of Congress Representative Jay Weitz, OCLC Representative The committee encompasses three subcommittees and three music-specific Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) funnels (NACO, SACO, and BIBCO); the

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SAC: ALA Annual Report 2020

Vocabularies Subcommittee Report: ALA Summer 2020 Virtual Business Meetings Reported by Rebecca Belford (Oberlin College & Conservatory), Chair, MLA CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) SAC met virtually on June 19, 2020, with Brian Stearns chairing. Unlike the traditional ALA meetings, there was no presentation, only a business meeting. Topics included:   Best Practices for Recording Faceted Chronological Data in Bibliographic Records This document was created by a task group, led by Casey Mullin, within the SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV); see SSFV summary for additional details. The document will be iterative, and an ongoing tool. SAC discussed where to house the document in addition to the ALA Institutional Repository (SAC or SSFV sites), and how to maintain and communicate version control–perhaps numbered versions with have a stable URL to the most recent, similar to MLA’s Best Practices documents. SAC also discussed the process for gathering feedback,

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