R2's commissioned report for the Library of Congress

LC's internal working group responds to "On The Record"

"The Library of Congress is releasing today (10/30/09) the results of its analysis of the creation and distribution of bibliographic data in U.S. and Canadian libraries.

The Library commissioned R2 Consulting LLC of Contoocook, N.H., to search and describe the current marketplace for cataloging records in the MARC format, with primary focus on the economics of current practices, including existing incentives and barriers to both contribution and availability."

Janet Swan Hill's report to the Subject Analysis Committee regarding the LC response to the LCWG report.

Deanna Marcum's response to the "On The Record" report of the LC working group (June 1, 2008)

Ten Actions for ALCTS

The ALCTS Task Group on the LC Working Group report, "On the Record," has reviewed our overall analysis of the report, with the task of identifying up to ten actions which ALCTS and its various bodies might undertake. Our list of potential actions follows. They are grouped, not in order of priority, but approximately in the order in which the WG recommendations appear.

We have put the emphasis on ten actions for ALCTS, as compared with ten WG recommendations. In many instances, multiple WG recommendations may (and probably should) be addressed under one umbrella. We have suggested ALCTS bodies which may be involved in these actions, as well as potential collaborators from outside ALCTS. These suggestions are not intended to be exclusive, but simply to suggest the possibilities for collaboration. Representatives from other ALCTS/non-ALCTS groups may be involved.

Wiki for ALCTS Task Group's on the LC Working Group Report recommendations regarding On the Record: the Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control Report.

LJ's summary of the LC response to 'On The Record'

My slides from the The Future of Cataloging: A PALINET Symposium (5/29/08).   I was part of a panel responding to Karen Calhoun's keynote address:  Traveling Through Transitions in Technical Services: From Surviving to Thriving

"Thomas Mann's detailed review of the Report of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. The paper also examines the reorganization of LC's cataloging department proposed by Library management, and the predicably damaging impact it will have on libraries in all Congressional districts. "

Resource Description and Access (RDA): Joint Statement of the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library on Resource Description and Access (May 1, 2008)

AALL's official response to the report of the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control

OCLC's response (written by Karen Calhoun) to the draft report of the LC Working Group on the Future of 
Bibliographic Control