-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Machine Readable Bibliographic Information (MARBI) Committee topics Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:42:05 -0600 From: Susan Moore <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ As David Bigwood noted in an earlier message, there's a discussion paper of interest to the cartographic community. Discussion Paper 2004-DP02 concerns changing the 752 field (Added Entry - Hierachical Place). Right now, this field has been used primarily for newspapers, although some libraries are using it to for other resources. The discussion paper raises some questions that will be explored at the MARBI meeting on Sunday, Jan. 11th. A proposal that may be of interest to the rare maps catalogers is Proposal 2004-01, which would make subfields e, f, and g repeatable in field 260. There are times when multiple manufacturers had a role to play in the printing of a book or map and currently only one manufacturer can appear in the 260 field. Others involved appear in a note. By making the subfields repeatable, all can be recorded in the 260 field. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me. I'll let you know the results after ALA Midwinter. Susan Moore Map and Geography Round Table liaison to MARBI University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50613 [log in to unmask]