Bibliographic Control Committee

Beth Iseminger, Chair

How to participate

BCC website mission statement

BCC Procedures Manual (updated January 2012)

Membership

Voting Members

Beth Iseminger, Chair
Subcommittees
- Authorities Subcommittee, Raymond Schmidt, Chair
- Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee, Tracey Snyder, Chair
- MARC Formats Subcommittee, Sandy Rodriguez, Chair
- Metadata Subcommittee, Lisa McFall, Chair
- Subject Access Subcommittee, Hermine Vermeij, Chair
LC Representative, Sue Vita

Non-Voting Members

OCLC Representative, Jay Weitz
NACO Music Funnel coordinator, Mark Scharff
SACO Music Funnel coordinator, Nancy Lorimer
Music Cataloging Bulletin, Alan Ringwood, Editor
Recording Secretary, Jennifer Matthews

RDA Documentation

RDA LibGuide, MLA Preconference (February 27, 2013)

Hit the Ground Running! RDA Training for Music Catalogers MLA Preconference, San Jose, CA (February 27, 2013)

RDA Plenary III, MLA Conference (March 2, 2013)

RDA for All: RDA, Music Discovery, and Beyond Plenary III, MLA Conference, San Jose, CA (March 2, 2013)
What does RDA Mean for Public Services? Plenary III, MLA Conference, San Jose, CA (March 2, 2013)
RDA and Music Discovery Plenary III, MLA Conference, San Jose, CA (March 2, 2013)
RDA and Linked Data Plenary III, MLA Conference, San Jose, CA (March 2, 2013)

Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using RDA and MARC 21

Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using RDA and Marc21 Draft (February 15, 2013)

RDA Preconference, MLA Conference (Feb. 9, 2011)

Kathy Glennan: RDA: An Overview of Descriptive Elements

RDA: Kicking the Tires (MLA, Feb. 12, 2011):

LC Training Materials and Webcasts
Summary, Patty Falk, MLA Conference -- Philadelphia, PA (Feb. 2011)

Activities

Current Conference Presentations
- RDA Best Practices for Music: A Conversation Program Report Casey Mullin, Stanford University, moderator (CM); Kathy Glennan, University of Maryland (KG); Nancy Lorimer, Stanford University (NL); Daniel Paradis, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (DP); and Kevin Kishimoto, University of Chicago (KK) (MLA 2013)
- RDA For All: RDA, Music Discovery and Beyond Plenary Session Report Kathy Glennan, University of Maryland ; Stephanie Bonjack, University of Southern California ; Nara Newcomer, University of Missouri-Kansas City ; and Stephen Henry, University of Maryland (MLA 2013)
- What it is! Music Genre/Form and Medium of Performance Terms RDA and Linked Data - Moving Beyond the Rules (Slides) Beth Iseminger, Mark McKnight, Hermine Vermeij (MLA 2012)
- Music Genre/Form and Medium of Performance Terms RDA and Linked Data - Moving Beyond the Rules Handout Beth Iseminger, Mark McKnight, Hermine Vermeij (MLA 2012)
- BCC Town Hall slides Kathy Glennan (MLA 2012)
- RDA and Linked Data--Moving Beyond the Rules Jenn Riley (MLA 2012)
- Brief Introduction to RDF/Linked Data and RDA Registered Properties Kimmy Szeto (MLA 2012)
- Other past conference presentations
Position Papers
- BCC Response to DCRM(M) (May 2010)
- RDA Revision Priority List (January 2010)
- Music Libary Association Statement on Authority Control (September 2009)
- Music Library Association Response to “Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data” Report (July 31, 2009)
- BCC Response to Library of Congress PSD Proposal: Genre/Form Implementation at the Library of Congress: Musical Works (March 13, 2009)
- MLA Response to JSC/LC/12 followup/2 (Jan. 14, 2009)
- MLA Response to JSC/LC/12 followup (Jan. 14, 2009)
- Statement on the Transposition/Arrangement and Presence/Absence of Parts Positions of the 006 and 008 Fields (July 2008)
- Past Position Papers
Task Forces, Working Groups, and other Activities
- Medium of Performance Examples in MARC21 (follow-up to MARBI Discussion Paper No. 2011-DP05) (Nov. 18, 2011)
- RDA Best Practice Guidelines for Using MARC 38X Fields for Musical Works & Expressions (Nov. 18, 2010)
- Slot Music Cataloging Joint Task Force (OLAC/CAPC and MLA/SDC). Guide to Cataloging SlotMusic Based on AACR2 Chapters 6 and 9 (April 2010)
- Metadata Standards and Guidelines for Digital Audio (PARS Task Force on Audio Preservation Metadata, in cooperation with the MLA BCC Metadata Subcommittee) (2010)
- Report on the March 2009 JSC Meeting, Summary (March 2009)
- Genre/Form Task Force
- Playaways and RDA: Summary of relevant sections from RDA Chapters 3, 6, and 7 (OLAC CAPC/MLA SDC Joint Task Force on Best Practice Guidelines for Cataloging Playaways)
- BCC Working Group on Work Records for Music. Final Report (July 31, 2008)
- Metadata Working Group Final Report (Feb. 2008)
- Metadata Working Group. Musical Attributes, Refinements, and Recommendations for Their Use (Feb. 2008)
- OLAC CAPC/MLA SDC Joint Task Force on Best Practice Guidelines for Cataloging Playaways. Guide to Cataloging Playaway Devices Based on AACR2r Chapters 6 and 9 (July 2008)
- For other task force or working group reports, search Historical Documents by year of report
Minutes
- BCC Business Meeting Minutes, 2011
- Past BCC Minutes

Resources

Thematic Indexes--Thematic Indexes Used in the Library of Congress/NACO Authority File

OCLC and LC Reports - MLA 2013

ALA Reports

Annual Reports

ALCTS Metadata Interest, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)
ACIG, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)
CAPC, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)
CC:DA, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)
PCC, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)
MARBI, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)
Library of Congress New Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Update Forum (June 2012)
SAC, ALA Annual Report (June 2012)

Midwinter Reports

ACIG, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)
CAPC, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)
SAC, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)
MARBI, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)
CC:DA, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)
RDA Update Forum, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)
ALCTS, Metadata Interest, ALA Midwinter Report (Jan. 2013)

BCC Annual Reports

Bibliographic Control Committee (July 2011-June 2012)
Authorities Subcommittee (July 2011-June 2012)
Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee (July 2011-June 2012)
MARC Formats Subcommittee (July 2011-June 2012)
Metadata Subcommittee (July 2011-June 2012)
Subject Access Subcommittee (July 2011-June 2012)
BCC2012/GFTF/2 - Genre Form Task Force, Annual Report (July 2011-June 2012)
BCC/2012/RTF/2 - RDA Music Implementation Task Force, Annual Report (July 2011-June 2012)
BCC2012/JTF/2 - RDA Joint Task Force, Annual Report (July 2011-June 2012)

MLA Conference Reports & Program Summaries

Authorities Subcommittee, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
MARC Formats Subcommittee, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
Metadata Subcommittee, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
Subject Access Subcommittee, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
Genre Form Task Force, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
RDA Music Implementation Task Force, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)
RDA Revisions Joint Task Force, MLA -- San Jose, CA (Mar. 2013)

BCC Historical Documents

External Links

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