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

"This deals with with Library of Congress procedures and workflows now that the Library has moved its processing of non-roman materials to its Voyager database.

PCC members will find the information in questions 3--6 relevant to matters of languages, dual fields, bi-directionality, spacing, and the eventual use of non-roman data in authority records."

The Chronicle covers the LC Working Group report!

"This group recommended a new level of cataloging, emphasizing data elements that allow catalog users to search for and find records, while de-emphasizing data elements that have traditionally been used in full level records to describe and identify the resource but are not as relevant to remote access electronic resources, or do not support resource discovery."

Site includes links to the report, Mandatory Data Elements, Draft Cataloging Guidelines and several PP presentations about the project

This project pulls together the official documents from the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, along with various commentary on the open meetings. 1st meeting: March 8, 2007 Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data 2nd meeting: May 9, 2007 Structures and Standards for Bibliographic Data 3rd meeting: July 9, 2007 Economics and Organization of Bibliographic Data

Home page for the working group.

"Cataloger's Learning Workshop is a clearinghouse portal for cataloging and metadata training resources for information workers. The scope of Cataloger's Learning Workshop includes bibliographic information training in the context of formal library and information science degree programs, as well as continuing education for library practitioners. Cataloger's Learning Workshop is a cooperative project of the Library of Congress, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, and the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association.
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New (1/07) website at LC

Useful list of who to contact about different cataloging-related topics at LC

Library Journal's take on the LC working group on Future of Bibliographic Control. 

Interesting that the represented group include Google and Microsoft, in addition to the regular library reps.

The Library of Congress announced a Working Group to discuss the future of Bibliographic Control.  

They will sponser several regional forums to gather info. and release a draft report for comments by Sept 2007,

with a final report by Nov. 2007

I believe that this is the follow-up promised following the announcement of the changes in series access

announced earlier in 2006. 

Believe it or not--Inside Higher Ed reports on a cataloging topic!  The article is a basic summary of the LC series decision with references to the Karen Calhoun report and Thomas Mann's rebutal.  

The final version of LC's series policy as implemented

LC issued this FAQ 5/31/06 in preparation for their implementation of the new series policy

PDF file:  LC Professional Guild, AFSCME 2910 resolution on LC's Series Decision

Implementation delay until June 1 2006