Here are the results on the proposals and discussion papers I thought would be of interest to the cartographic cataloging community from the meetings of the MARC Advisory Committee. MARC proposal 2016-06: Defining field 347 (Digital File Characteristics) in > the MARC 21 Holdings Format. Field 347 is defined in the bibliographic > format. Defining the field in the holdings format will allow those > libraries that follow the provider-neutral guidelines to record differences > in characteristics between providers in the holdings record, allowing the > bibliographic record to stay provider neutral. > This proposal passed so once it's implemented by LC and OCLC, we can use field 347 in the holdings record. > > MARC discussion paper 2016-dp17: Redefining subfield $4 to encompass URIs > for relationships in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats.The > paper explores some alternatives to defining the $4 but isn't satisfied > with any of them. Redefining $4 will require some redefinition of the > subfield in those fields that currently have $4 defined. > This discussion paper met with general support and will come back as a proposal. > > MARC discussion paper no. 2016-dp20: Recording temporary sublocation and > temporary shelving location in the MARC 21 Holdings Format. This proposes > adding $k (Temporary sublocation or collection) and redefining $l > (Temporary location) in the 87x field so that the fields for items are the > same as for the holdings field 852. > This discussion paper was met with general support and was converted to a proposal at the meeting. The proposal passed. > > MARC discussion paper no. 2016-21: Defining subfields $e and $4 in field > 752 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format. This would allow the recording of > relator terms and relator codes in field 752 (Added Entry - Hierarchical > Place Name) to provide further information as to why the place is recorded. > This discussion paper was also converted into a proposal and passed. > > MARC discussion paper 2016-dp22: Defining a new subfield in field 340 to > record color content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format. Since RDA now > requires catalogers to indicate the presence of color, tone, etc. in the > bibliographic record (RDA7.17.1.4), there's a need for a place to record > this information. Field 340 (Physical medium) has subfields defined for > material properties of resources. > This discussion paper will be coming back as a proposal. We had a very full slate and managed to get everything done. Susan Moore University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50613 [log in to unmask]