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Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control Interest Group
2014 ALA Annual Conference
Janis L. Young
Policy and Standards Division
Library of Congress
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BIBFRAME Editor Pilot
o Undertaken by the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
o Materials in English, a Western European language, and a language in a non-roman script
o May include a non-print formato Timeline
• Planning completed in FY2014
• Pilot completed by end of FY2015
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RDA Toolkito February release
• Fast-track changes to RDA text
• 28 new, deleted, or revised LC-PCC Policy Statements
o April release• Annual update to RDA by the JSC
• Fast-track changes to RDA text
• 62 new, deleted, or revised PSs
o August release: only RDA updates for translations (no changes to the English text)
o October release: RDA and PS updates
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Summary of RDA Updates
o Table highlighting some of the April 2014 changes to RDA• Supplements the revision history
and update history information in the RDA Toolkit
• http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/pdf/ summary_rda_changes_2014.pdf
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Descriptive Cataloging Using RDA
o Nine-module curriculum• Developed by Tim Carlton (Library
of Congress) and Dr. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee (Catholic University)
• For LIS students and new catalogers
• Will be made available on the Cataloger’s Learning Workshop web page (www.loc.gov/catworkshop)
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Cabo Verde
o Cape Verde was revised to Cabo Verde• Due to December 2013 BGN decision
• Associated name headings were adjusted in May
• Forty proposals to revise subject authorities appear on July’s Tentative List
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South Australia
o Abbreviation revised to S.A. from S. Aust.• Name authorities were adjusted in
early 2014
• Sixty proposals to revise subject authorities appeared on April’s Tentative List
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Malaysia
o No longer listed as a country whose states are not qualified by country (16.2.2.9)
o Both the state and country name will appear in all geographic qualifiers • RDA 16.2.2.12 Alternative
o Projects to adjust the name authority file and LCSH are ongoing• LC is being assisted by the University of California,
San Diego
• Catalogers should continue to use the existing headings as established until they are revised
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Printed Documentation
o Sale of printed documentation to cease July 1st
• All remaining publications are half price Exception: LCSH, 35th ed. (2013)
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Free Access to Documentation
o LC Subject Headings • 36th edition (June 2014)
o LC Classification• Most current edition of each schedule
o Keeping current• New editions to be posted each January
• Earlier editions will be archived
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Free Access to Documentation
o Subject Headings Manual• Current through the June 2014 “update
package”
o Classification and Shelflisting Manual• Current edition (2013)
o Keeping current• Will begin to update instruction sheets on
an as-needed basis in July 2014
• Superseded files will be overwritten
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Fictitious Characters
o Fictitious characters appropriated or reused by another author• Assign the heading for the original
character
o Unrelated characters with the same name• Establish and assign a separate
heading
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o Being established in the Name Authority file and cancelled from LCSH
o Are not covered by SHM H 1110, Names of Persons• Applicable free-floating subdivisions are
provided in H 1095
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o Derivative phrase and subdivided headings are generally being cancelled
Venus (Roman deity)—Art
Venus (Roman deity) in literature
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o Derivative phrase and subdivided headings are not cancelled if• Subdivision does not free-float
• Heading is needed for a BT or RT
Raphael (Archangel)—In literature
Demeter (Greek deity)—Cult
NT Thesmorphia
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Characters, Deities, and Animals with Proper Names
o All instructions in RDA 9.19 and corresponding LC-PCC PSs are applicable
150 ## $a Medea (Greek mythology)
100 0# $a Medea, $c consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
150 ## $a Fala (Dog)
100 1# $a Fala $c (Dog) $d 1940-1952
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American Indian Law
o KIA-KIK, Law of the Indigenous Peoples in North America• Draft schedule added to
Classification Web in June
o KF8200-8578, Indians• Expansion began in June
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American Indian Law
o Inputting revisions directly• Will not appear on a Tentative List
• PSD is not accepting proposals
o Schedules are not ready for use• For the time being, use the free PDF
of the KF schedule
o Anticipated completion: August 2014
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Juvenile Belles Lettres
Fiction and juvenile belles lettres
Juvenile belles lettres
American and English
PZ7 General juvenile belles lettres, 1870-2014
PZ7.1 General juvenile belles lettres, 2015-
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Genre/Form Projects
o LC continues to partner with several organizations to develop genre/form terms
o Ongoing projects• General terms (SAC/SGFI)
• Literature (SAC/SGFI)
• Music (MLA)
• Religion (ATLA)
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Mediums of Performance
o Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (LCMPT) was released and implemented by LC in February• MARC 21 authority records may be downloaded
from http://classificationweb.net/LCMPT/
• Records in a variety of formats may be downloaded from the LC Linked Data Service, http://id.loc.gov
o All SACO proposals must be submitted through the SACO Music Funnel
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Demographic Group Terms
o PSD is compiling LCSH classes of persons and ethnic group headings
o Next steps• Determining which terms are likely to be
needed as creator/contributor or audience characteristics
• Assigning terms to hierarchies
o On schedule for approval in late 2014 or early 2015
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Questions?
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