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MARC Advisory Committee
(MAC)

Annual Meeting
June 25-26, 2025
Online Meeting

DRAFT AGENDA (May 22, 2025; Rev. June 4, 2025)

Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone (ET) (online meeting)

1. Explanation of meeting protocols and introduction of members
2. Approval of minutes from MAC's January 2025 meeting
3. Discussion of Fast-Track Proposals approved since MAC's January 2025 meeting
4. Proposal No. 2025-03: Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Fields 368, 376, and 381 in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats
5. Proposal No. 2025-04: Defining Field 655 (Index Term-Genre/Form) in the MARC 21 Holdings Format
6. Proposal No. 2025-05: Tagging Transliteration Schemes and BCP 47 in Data Provenance Subfields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats
7. Proposal No. 2025-06: Defining a New Subfield for Context of Title Statement in Field 245 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
8. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP05: Adding a Code for Remote Sensing Image to Fields 008/25 and 006/08 (Maps) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
9. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP06: Addition of Codes "q" (Podcast), "a" (Annual Report), and "z" (Zine) to Field 008/21 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
10. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP07: Adding a Code for 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays to Field 007/04 (Videorecording) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
11. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP08: Adding Type of Cutting to the Definition of Field 344 Subfield $d in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
12. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP09: Redefining Subfield $g to Accommodate Time as well as Date in Field 884 of the MARC 21 Formats
13. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP10: Adding Subfield $6 to Fields 060 and 070 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
14. Business meeting/Library of Congress report/Other

Thursday, June 26, 2025, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET (online meeting)

1. Continuation of any discussion from previous meeting.
2. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP11: Defining New Indicators for Unpublished Series and Collection Series in Field 830 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
3. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP12: Additions and Revisions to Accessibility Fields 341 and 532 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
4. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP13: Adding an Indicator for a Preferred Heading in 4XX Fields in the MARC 21 Authority Format
5. Discussion Paper No. 2025-DP14: Modernization of Field 041 and Field 008/35-37 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

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