The MARC Advisory Committee will be meeting virtually. Preliminary comments
are due to the group by the end of the day on Monday, June 22nd.

Here is some information on ones I think might be of interest:

Proposal 2020-03: Modernization of Field 856 proposes making $b Access
number, $h processor of request, $i instruction, $j bits per second, $k
password, $l logon, $n name of location or host, $r settings, and $t
terminal emulation obsolete as well as revision and clarification of the
second indicator values.

Proposal 2020-04 would add a new subfield $p for illustrative content to
field 340 (Physical medium).

Proposal 2020-06 defines a new field (881) for manifestation statements as
added to the RDA element set.

Proposal 2020-07 defines a new field (335) to record the extension plan of
a work being described. This field would provide greater detail on the
publication plans for a work.

Discussion Paper 2020-DP09 explores options for recording chronology-only
data in certain Holdings fields

Discussion Paper 2020-DP13 investigates adding new subfields in field 046
for expression dates and related elements.

Discussion Paper 2020-DP16 explores adding field 334 to record the mode of
issuance for the material being cataloged (mostly either single unit or
multiple unit)

There are other discussion papers on the agenda as well but these seem to
be the ones of most interest to the cartographic community. The full list
can be found at https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/an2020_age.html

Susan Moore
MAGIRT representative to MARC Advisory Committee.