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Content Standards (including CC:DA): ALA Annual Report 2018

New Orleans, LA, June 22-25, 2018 Reports from: OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC)​, OLAC Membership Meeting​, RDA Pre-Conference​, ​RDA Update Forum​ & ​RDA Linked Data Forum ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG) Reported by: Mary Huismann (St. Olaf College), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) The OLAC CAPC meeting was held on Friday, June 22, 2018. The major part of the meeting was devoted to liaison and task force reports. Only selected highlights have been reported here—see the full CAPC meeting minutes normally published in the September ​OLAC Newsletter: Several changes to the CAPC membership were announced. Jessica Schomberg will become chair following this meeting. CC:DA liaison Kelley McGrath reported on the newly issued RDA Toolkit beta version.She anticipates much work for CAPC because of the great amount of options in the text.Kelley suggested that OLAC take an active

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Content Standards Subcommittee: MLA Report 2018

Music Library Association Cataloging and Metadata Committee Content Standards Subcommittee (CSS) Business Meeting Thursday, February 1, 2018 Portland, OR Members present: Mary Huismann (chair), Linda Blair (BIBCO liaison), Kristi Bergland, Ann Churukian, Patty Falk, Monica Figueroa, Chris Holden (LC representative), Kevin Kishimoto, Anna Alfeld LoPrete, Mark Scharff (NACO liaison), Tomoko Shibuya, Michelle Urberg, Jay Weitz (OCLC representative) Member attending remotely: Peter Lisius Members not present: Shelley Rogers, Rick McRae, Jennifer Olson Guests: Bruce Evans, Kathy Glennan, Damian Iseminger Visitors: 15 Welcome & introductions CSS introductions were made around the table The chair gave brief remarks about the background and responsibilities of CSS. Chair’s report Membership Welcome new members (Kristi Bergland, Drew Beisswenger, Monica Figueroa, Michelle Urberg) Drew Beisswenger resigned from CSS Chris Holden is the new LC representative to CSS Thanks to outgoing members (Tomoko Shibuya, LC representatives Michi Hoban, Valerie Weinberg) ALA Liaison reports Annual 2017 (Chicago) (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxo4Xt0aRdn8cmdIZG5McmpaV1E) Reports

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CAPC and CC:DA: ALA Midwinter Report 2018

Denver, CO, January 9-12, 2018 Reports from: OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) RDA Pre-conference, RDA Forum & RDA Tech Forum ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG) Reported by: Mary Huismann (St. Olaf College), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) The meeting began with introductions, adoption of the agenda, and a brief summary of the CAPC open discussion forum held at the OLAC 2017 conference in Richmond, Virginia. The next portion of the meeting was devoted to liaison and task force reports (only selected highlights appear here—see the full CAPC meeting minutes normally published in the March OLAC Newsletter): CC:DA Liaison Kelley McGrath reported on the revised timeline for the new RDA Toolkit rollout and the new governance structure for the RSC. Kathy Glennan has been appointed as the new RSC chair; she will spend this year as chair-elect and

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Content Standards Annual Report: 2017

Submitted by Mary Huismann Members (as of March 2017) Mary Huismann (Chair, appointed 2016), Drew Beisswenger (2017), Kristi Bergland (2017), Ann Churukian (2016), Patty Falk (2016), Monica Figueroa (2017), Kevin Kishimoto (2016), Peter Lisius (2015), Anna Alfeld LoPrete (2016), Rick McRae (2016), Jennifer Olson (2015), Shelley Rogers (2016), Tomoko Shibuya (2014), Michelle Urberg (2017), Linda Blair (BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator), Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator), Michi Hoban (LC Representative), Valerie Weinberg (LC Representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) We thank Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Christopher Diamond, Bruce Evans, Damian Iseminger, Morris Levy, and Sophie Rondeau, who rotated off of Content Standards Subcommittee in February 2017. We welcome Drew Beisswenger, Kristi Bergland, Monica Figueroa, and Michelle Urberg, who joined the Content  Standards Subcommittee in March 2017. Report On Activities RDA Best Practices for Music CSS continues to maintain the RDA Best Practices (in the RDA Toolkit) and the supplements document (at the CMC website).

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CAPC and CC:DA: ALA Midwinter Report 2017

ALA MIDWINTER CONFERENCE REPORT Atlanta, GA, January 20-24, 2017 Reports from: OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) RDA Forum & RDA Tech Forum ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG) Reported by: Mary Huismann (St. Olaf College), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) The meeting began with introductions, adoption of the agenda, and an announcement of personnel changes for the committee. The next portion of the meeting was devoted to liaison and task force reports (only selected highlights are given here—see the full CAPC meeting minutes normally published in the March OLAC Newsletter): The CC:DA liaison report included the news that the OLAC-sponsored proposal to add vocabulary to Regional Encoding (RDA 3.19.6) was successful. However, vocabulary terms for Encoding Format (RDA 3.19.3) was removed. Changes are coming to RDA and the Toolkit with the redesign project. The MAC liaison report outlined

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Content Standards (including CC:DA): ALA Annual Report 2017

ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORT Chicago, IL, June 23-26, 2017 Reports from: OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) OLAC Membership Meeting RDA Forum & RDA Linked Data Forum RDA “Pop-Up” Meeting with Cataloging Specialists ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG) Reported by: Mary Huismann (St. Olaf College), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) The OLAC CAPC meeting was held on Friday, June 23, 2017. The major part of the meeting was devoted to liaison and task force reports; only selected highlights are reported here—see the full CAPC meeting minutes normally published in the September OLAC Newsletter: The Cataloging Committee: Description and Access (CC:DA) liaison report reminded attendees that the RDA Toolkit is frozen during the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign (3R). RDA content will have the IFLA-Library Reference Model (LRM) as the underlying model. The CC:DA Monday meeting has been cancelled;

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Content Standards Subcommittee: MLA Report 2017

Music Library Association Cataloging and Metadata Committee Content Standards Subcommittee (CSS) Business Meeting Saturday, February 25, 2017 Orlando, Florida Members present: Mary Huismann (chair), Linda Blair (BIBCO liaison), Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Ann  Churukian, Chris Diamond, Bruce Evans, Patty Falk, Kevin Kishimoto, Morris Levy, Anna Alfeld LoPrete, Rick McRae, Jennifer Olson, Shelley Rogers, Mark Scharff (NACO liaison), Tomoko Shibuya, Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) Member attending remotely: Peter Lisius Members not present: Sophie Rondeau, Michi Hoban (LC Representative), Valerie Weinberg (LC  Representative) Guest: Damian Iseminger (LC, attending on behalf of Michi Hoban and Valerie Weinberg) Visitors: 18 Welcome & introductions CSS introductions were made around the table The chair gave brief remarks about the background and responsibilities of CSS. Chair’s report Membership Welcome new members (Ann, Anna, Bruce, Kevin, Patty, Rick, Shelley) Thanks to outgoing members (Chris, Damian, Morris, Bruce, Sophie) Communication CSS work takes place on our wiki Resources available from CMC

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CC:DA: ALA Annual Report 2016

Reported by Mary Huismann (University of Minnesota), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee The CC:DA blog contains the full agenda and links to various documents and reports. After introductions, the adoption of the agenda, and approval of the minutes of the meeting held at ALA Midwinter, chair Dominique Bourassa delivered the report of CC:DA motions and other actions, January – June 2016. Motions to form task forces to investigate definitions or and instructions for accompanying material in RDA and for the review of the FRBR-Library Reference Model were approved. The report of the latter task force was approved and sent on to the chair of the FRBR Review Group. A motion to include the new Deseret Romanization table in the ALA-LC Romanization tables was also approved. Library of Congress Report (Dave Reser) Reser reported on personnel changes (including the nomination of Dr. Carla D. Hayden as the next Librarian of Congress, and

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Content Standards Annual Report: 2016

Annual Report, July 2015-June 2016 Submitted by Mary Huismann MEMBERS (as of March 2016) Mary Huismann (Chair, appointed 2016), Sonia Archer-Capuzzo (2012), Ann Churukian (2016), Christopher Diamond (2013), Bruce Evans (2016), Patty Falk (2016), Damian Iseminger (2013), Kevin Kishimoto (2016), Morris Levy (2013), Peter Lisius (2015), Anna Alfeld LoPrete (2016), Rick McRae (2016), Jennifer Olson (2015), Shelley Rogers (2016), Sophie Rondeau (2015), Tomoko Shibuya (2014), Linda Blair (BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator), Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator), Michi Hoban (LC Representative), Valerie Weinberg (LC Representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) We thank Tracey Snyder, Elizabeth Hille Cribbs, Jean Harden, Beth Hobart, Steve Mantz, Chuck Peters, Ray Schmidt, and Amy Strickland, who rotated off of Content Standards Subcommittee in March 2016. We welcome Ann Churukian, Bruce Evans, Patty Falk, Kevin Kishimoto, Anna Alfeld LoPrete, Rick McRae, and Shelley Rogers, who joined the Content Standards Subcommittee in March 2016. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES CSS continued

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Content Standards Subcommittee: MLA Report 2016

Content Standards Subcommittee Business Meeting Saturday, March 5, 2016, Cincinnati, Ohio Members present: Tracey Snyder (chair), Elizabeth Hille Cribbs, Jean Harden, Beth Hobart, Mary Huismann, Damian Iseminger, Morris Levy, Steve Mantz, Jennifer Olson, Charles Peters, Ray Schmidt, Tomoko Shibuya, Amy Strickland, Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) Members attending virtually: Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Peter Lisius, Sophie Rondeau, Valerie Weinberg (LC Representative) Members not present: Chris Diamond, Michi Hoban (LC Representative) About the subcommittee Introductions: CSS introductions were made around the table Mark Scharff (NMP Coordinator) and Linda Blair (BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator) are ex officio CSS members Formed in 2015 Merger of two former subcommittees—Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee and Authorities Subcommittee Task groups carry out work Membership Welcome new members (Mary, Peter, Jennifer, Sophie) Thank outgoing members (Elizabeth, Jean, Beth, Steve, Chuck, Ray, Amy) Applications due to subcommittee chairs Saturday 11 AM Mary will be the new chair of CSS Tracey will be the

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CC:DA: ALA Midwinter Report 2016

ALA Midwinter in Boston CC:DA Saturday, January 9, 2016 and Monday, January 11, 2016 Tracey Snyder, Music Library Association liaison to CC:DA through February 2016 Please see the CC:DA blog for the complete agenda and links to many reports and documents. After introductions, adoption of the agenda, and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, the chair, Dominique Bourassa, gave a report on CC:DA motions and other actions, July-December 2015 (mainly the approval of several RDA revision proposals, discussion papers, and responses to papers from other constituencies; also the appointment of a task force to review Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts)). Library of Congress Report (Dave Reser) Reser reported on personnel changes (including the recent retirement of Librarian of Congress James Billington), a recent change in organizational structure, a plan to fill vacancies within ABA, an increase in the federal budget, recent improvements to the Cataloger’s Desktop interface,

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Content Standards Annual Report: 2015

BCC Authorities Subcommittee/BCC Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee/CMC Content Standards Subcommittee Combined Annual Report, July 2014-June 2015 Submitted by Tracey Snyder and Raymond Schmidt MEMBERS Authorities Subcommittee members (July 2014-February 2015): Raymond Schmidt, (2013), Chair; Sharon Benamou (2011); Grace Fitzgerald (2014); Jean Harden (2012); Morris Levy (2013); Stephen Mantz (2012); Jacob Schaub (2011); Michi Hoban (LC representative) Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee members (July 2014-February 2015): Tracey Snyder, (2012), Chair; Sonia Archer-Capuzzo (2012); Elizabeth Hille Cribbs (2013); Christopher Diamond (2013); Patty Falk (2011); Elizabeth (McCraw) Hobart (2012); Damian Iseminger (2013); Gary Markham (2011); Charles Peters (2012); Tomoko Shibuya (2014); Amy Strickland (2012); Laura Yust (LC Representative) Content Standards Subcommittee members (March 2015-June 2015): Tracey Snyder, (2012), Chair; Sonia Archer-Capuzzo (2012); Elizabeth Hille Cribbs (2013); Christopher Diamond (2013); Jean Harden (2012); Elizabeth Hobart (2012); Mary Huismann (2015); Damian Iseminger (2013); Morris Levy (2013); Peter Lisius (2015); Stephen Mantz (2012); Jennifer Olson (2015); Charles Peters (2012);

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