All,
I am extremely pleased to announce that the final report of the PCC
Access Points for Expressions Task Group is now available on the PCC
website:
Access Points for Expressions TG
* Charge
<http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/RDA%20Task%20groups%20and%20charges/Access-Points-Expressions-TG-charge.docx>
(Word, 22 KB)
* Final Report
<http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/RDA%20Task%20groups%20and%20charges/PCCExpressionTGFinalReport.docx>
(Word, 35 KB) October 15, 2012
The group was chaired by Matthew Haugen and was asked to provide clear
guidelines for PCC catalogers to achieve a consistent bibliographic and
authority database with respect to access points for expressions. They
were asked to:
1. Prepare a policy recommendation and supporting PCC guidelines to
describe when and how to create authorized access points for
expressions, and when and how to create authority records supporting
those authorized access points, including a recommendation on the use of
Field 336 in expression-level authority records.
2. Frame the guidelines within a definition and description of the
problem so that both the concept and the implementation details will be
understood by the PCC and broader professional community.
3. Recommend an implementation strategy (including a
rationale/explanation) and timetable for these guidelines.
Because of Hurricane Sandy, the annual Policy Committee meeting in DC in
early November had to be canceled and we have been having a series of
phone conferences to cover our work there. This report has been
discussed and recently endorsed and is now going out to you for
comment. Please read the document carefully. Any comments you wish to
make can be sent to the PCC Secretariat at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. Considering the Thanks giving holiday, I would
appreciate all comments by Friday, December 14^th , 2012. This should
allow us time to make any necessary adjustments and put the
recommendations into practice by the end of the year. All the best.
Philip
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Philip E. Schreur
Head, Metadata Department
Chair, Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Stanford University
650-723-2454
650-725-1120 (fax)
