The agenda for the MARC Advisory Committee isn't quite as jammed packed as Midwinter but there are a few items of interest. On day 2, there's a discussion paper of particular interest. Discussion paper 2017-DP 06 comes from the Canadian Committee on Metadata Exhange and MAGIRT about adding coding to the 007 field positions for digital cartographic materials. The discussion point is largely to add a code (t - remote) to 007 position 1 (Specific materials designation), a code (x - not applicable) to 007 position 4 (Physical medium), and a code (n - not applicable) to 007 position 6 (Production/reproduction details). On day 1, we have Proposal 2017-08 that would have a subfield ($0) for URIs that identify a 'Record' or 'Authority' entity that describe a Thing and a different subfield ($1) for URIs that directly identify a Thing itself. This is to meet the needs for more semantic precision in the Resource Description Framework. Proposal 2017-09 would add field 758 as an identifier for a resource related to the resource described in the bibliographic record. Resources thus identified may include, but are not limited to, FRBR works, expressions, manifestations, and items. Proposal 2017-10 comes from OLAC and would broaden the definition of field 257 to catalogers to record places of publication/production for areas other than countries. Proposal 2017-11 seeks to add two fields to the bibliographic format to include information on alternative access to the content of a resource. On day two, there's Proposal 2017-12 would add subfields used primarily for monographs to a field that has been traditionally used for serial to serial relationships. It would add $u, $r, and $z to field 777 (Issued With Entry) for horizontal, non-hierarchical relationship between to items. There's a couple of other discussion papers as well. For the full-text of these as well as the agenda, go to http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/an2017_age.html Susan Moore University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 [log in to unmask]