MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Midwinter Meeting, January 24-25, 2024

Report by Ethan D’Ver, Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee

Recordings: (https://loc.gov/marc/mac/recordings.html)

Brief Summary of Proceedings

Proposal No. 2024-01: Recording Numeric Designation of Musical Expressions in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats

• Proposal submitted by MLA, based on Discussion Paper No. 2023-DP07
• The proposal passed as written

Proposal No. 2024-02 and Proposal No. 2024-04 passed as written

Proposal No. 2024-03 passed with the amendment of defining subfield $0 as well

Discussion Paper No. 2024-DP01, Discussion Paper No. 2024-DP03, and Discussion Paper No. 2024-DP05 were approved for fast-tracking

Discussion Paper No. 2024-DP04 will return as a proposal

Discussion Paper No. 2024-DP02: Adding Subfield $i to Field 245

• While most MAC members agreed in principle about the need for sensitivity surrounding harmful language in catalogs, most found several issues with the solution presented in this paper.
• In a straw poll, majority wanted to see this return as another discussion paper, rather than as a proposal