1. Janis L. Young Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting

2.  Retirements  LC Medium of Performance Terms for Music  LC Demographic Group Terms 2

3.  Tom Yee in Jan. 2014 Acting chief of the Policy and Standards Division and the Asian and Middle Eastern Division  Ron Goudreau in Sept. 2013 Section head of PSD’s Data Integrity Section  Allene Hayes in Sept. 2013 Chief of the US/Anglo Division  Joseph Bartl in Jan. 2014 Head of the Music Division’s Bibliographic Access Section 3

4.  Cooperative effort of the Library of Congress and the Subject Access Subcommittee of the Music Library Association  Special thanks to Hermine Vermeij, Beth Iseminger, Casey Mullen, Kevin Kishimoto, and Nancy Lorimer 4

5.  In December, the initial 800+ terms were published on a special Tentative List, dated Feb. 10, 2014 More information and the list are available at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/medprf- list.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/medprf- list.html Comments on the terms, references, and scope notes may be sent to Janis L. Young at jayo@loc.gov until Feb. 5, 2014 jayo@loc.gov 5

6.  Availability of authority records Classification Web Free MARC 21 file of all current records available on the ABA website, http://www.loc.gov/aba http://www.loc.gov/aba  Updated monthly, when that month’s list is approved Authorities & Vocabularies 6

7.  Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms ABA management approved its development on Jan. 22, 2014 Will be used to describe the demographic characteristics of  Creators and contributors  Audiences 7

8.  LCSH form headings will no longer be assigned to works of literature when LCGFT terms for literature are implemented LCSH: Children’s poetry, American. American poetry—Women authors. LCGFT: Poetry. 8

9.  Application MARC tags  385: audience characteristics  386: creator/contributor characteristics  Each has repeatable $a, $m, $n 9

10.  Bibliographic record Currently: Children’s poetry, American. American poetry—Women authors. New coding: 385 ## $m age group $n age $a Children $2 [source code] 386 ## $m gender group $n gdr $a Women $2 [source code] 386 ## $m nationality group $n nat $a Americans $2 [source code] 655 #7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 10

11.  Existing vocabularies do not suffice Too narrowly focused Too large Problematic heading structure 11

12.  The vocabulary One element per term Limited hierarchy Each term will have a category code Distinguished by a unique LCCN prefix and 040 $e 12

13.  Sample authority record 010 ## $a dg2014000100 040 ## $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e lcdgt 072 #7 $a gdr $2 lcdgt 150 ## $a Women 450 ## $a Females 13

14.  Bibliographic record Currently: 650 #0 $a Children’s poetry, American. 650 #0 $a American poetry $x Womenauthors. After implementation: 385 ## $a Children $2 lcdgt 386 ## $a Women $a Americans $2 lcdgt 655 #7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 14

15.  Will be fully faceted Computers can parse separately, specifically coded data Will work with BIBFRAME 15

16.  Initial records must be approved for use before literature genre/form terms are implemented Late 2014 Will chiefly be developed by LC, but will be requesting assistance from SAC 16

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