-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MARBI proposals of possible interest Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:14:31 -0500 (CDT) From: [log in to unmask] ------------------ From my reading of the discussion papers and proposals before the Committee on Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information, the chief proposal of interest is Proposal No. 2003-05, Changes to Field 352 (Digital Graphic Representation) in the bibliographic format. This field was added to support the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata. The revision of Chapter 3 requires that the format name be recorded in the record. There currently isn't a subfield in field 352 where that information can be recorded. The proposal is to add subfield q to record the information. Also, since AACR2 now calls for the topology level to be recorded in a note, the proposal also requests that subfield g (VPF topology level) be made obsolete. On the FRBR front, we'll also get an update from the Joint Steering Committee's Format Variation Working Group. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Susan Moore Rod Library University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50613 [log in to unmask]