Program for Cooperative Cataloging - Library of Congress

SCA Task Group on Linking Entries

Background: The Standing Committee on Automation has been asked to investigate the way that ILS's make use of linking entry fields, and to make suggestions for possible improvements.

The charges to the Task Group are to:

Examine how ILS's make use of linking entry fields in records for serials and other resources and establish criteria for assessing their effectiveness in handling this data.
Determine the types of functionality that are needed to use such links effectively.
Develop a list of "best practices" for ILS's in making use of linking entry fields in order to optimize access.
As appropriate, consider the recommendations of the JSC task group on expression level cataloging in regard to links and how these recommendations might impact on the work of this group.

Time frame

A progress report is to be submitted by the SCA meeting at ALA Annual meeting in Toronto, with the final report to follow no later than the 2004 ALA Midwinter meeting.

Members and e-mail addresses
Mechael Charbonneau, Chair Head, Cataloging Division Indiana University Libraries Main Library E-350 1320 East Tenth Street Bloomington, IN 47405-3907 phone: 812.855.5674 mgago@indiana.edu	Beth Guay Monographs/Contuing Resources Cataloger McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 phone: 301.405.9329 bg53@umail.umd.edu
Frieda Rosenberg Head, Serials Cataloging #3914 Davis Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill phone: 919.962.2050 friedat@email.unc.edu	Andrew Shroyer Serials Specialist JFK Memorial Library California State University, Los Angeles 6151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA 90032 phone: 323.343.3975 ashroye@calstatela.edu
Robert C. Stewart Bibliographic Systems Office General Libraries University of Texas at Austin P.O. Box P Austin, TX 78713-8916 phone: 512.495.4386 stewart@mail.utexas.edu

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