MARC/RDA WORKING GROUP
Final Report:
Final Report of the MARC/RDA Working Group (2022) [PDF, 741 KB]
Charge:
The MARC/RDA Working Group’s charge was the following:
- Evaluate the scope and impact of the extensions to RDA arising from the RDA 2019 revision in relation to MARC 21
- Identify and prioritize possible changes to MARC 21 to support compatibility with the RDA extensions and ensure effective data exchange into the future
- Prepare discussion papers and proposals for the MARC Advisory Committee
The working group met weekly, beginning in December 2019.
Plan & Schedule:
The timeline of the working group was as follows:
- December 2019: Preparation of initial discussion papers.
- January 2020: ALA Midwinter meeting, where discussion papers were considered.
- January – April 2020: Working group meetings.
- April – June 2020: Preparation of proposals and discussion papers.
- June 2020: MAC Annual meeting; consideration of proposals and discussion papers.
- July – October 2020: Working group meetings.
- November – December 2020: preparation of proposals and discussion paperss.
- January 2021: MAC Midwinter meeting; consideration of proposals.
- February – April 2021: Working group meetings.
- April – June 2021: Preparation of proposals and discussion papers.
- June 2021: MAC Annual meeting; consideration of proposals and discussion papers.
- August – October 2021: Working group meetings.
- November – December 2021: preparation of remaining proposals.
- January 2022: MAC Midwinter meeting; consideration of proposals.
MARC/RDA Working Group Membership
Ebe Kartus – RSC liaison, Univ. of New England, New South Wales, Australia
Charlene Chou - RSC liaison, New York University Division of Libraries
Sally McCallum – NDMSO Chief, Library of Congress
MARC Steering Group
Thurstan Young – British Library
John Zagas – Library of Congress
Reinhold Heuvelmann – Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Bill Leonard – Library and Archives Canada
Hong Cui – Library and Archives Canada
Vendors
Wayne Schneider – Indexdata
Jay Weitz – OCLC
Hayley Moreno – OCLC
Nathan Putnam – OCLC
Specialists
Catherine Gerhart –MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Chair; Audiovisual specialist
Matthew Wise
– MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Chair (previous)
Susan Moore – Cartographic specialist (MAGIRT rep to MAC)
Tina Shrader – Serials specialist
Jackie Parascandola – Rare books and manuscripts specialist (RBMS rep to MAC)
kalan Knudson Davis
– Rare books and manuscripts specialist
Karen Peters – Music specialist (MLA rep to MAC)
Completed Papers
Proposals
- 2022-05: Recording Data Provenance in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats
- 2022-04: Recording Representative Expressions in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats
- 2022-03: Recording Non-Cartographic Scale Content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2021-16: Recording the Type of Binding for Manifestations in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2021-10: Recording the Type of Binding for Manifestations in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2021-09: Recording the Mode of Issuance for Manifestations in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2020-07: Recording the Extension Plan for Bibliographic Works in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
- 2020-06: Defining a New Field for Manifestation Statements in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
Discussion Papers
- 2021-DP12: Recording Representative Expressions in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats
- 2021-DP11: Recording Non-Cartographic Scale Content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2021-DP10: Recording Data Provenance in the MARC 21 Formats
- 2021-DP06: Recording Data Provenance in the MARC 21 Formats
- 2020-DP17: Recording the Type of Binding for Manifestations in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2020-DP16: Recording the Mode of Issuance for Manifestations in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- 2020-DP07: Recording the Extension Plan for BibliographicWorks in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
- 2020-DP06: Defining a New Field for Manifestation Statements in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
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