1. Library of Congress Update to the Authority Control Interest Group
2017 ALA Annual Conference
Janis L. Young
Policy and Standards Division
Library of Congress

2. BIBFRAME Pilot Resumed in June 2017 Input of bibliographic data
BIBFRAME 2.0 vocabulary
Non-Latin description in native scripts
Completion of name authority work
RDA and MODS vocabulary
BIBFRAME Pilot

3. BIBFRAME Pilot Available on GitHub BIBFRAME 2.0
All LC-developed BIBFRAME tools
BIBFRAME Pilot

4. LC PCC/PSs RDA Toolkit releases February 2017 April 2017
30 revised statements
April 2017
68 new, revised, or deleted statements
LC PCC/PSs

5. Summaries of each release are available at http://www. loc
Summaries of each release are available at /lcps_access.html
LC PCC/PSs

6. Bulgarian Jurisdictions
Bulgaria was arranged into 28 okrugs
1987
Okrugs were reorganized into 9 large oblasts
1999
Large oblasts were split into 28 smaller oblasts
Complicating factor
Some oblasts have had linear name changes
Bulgarian Jurisdictions

7. Bulgarian Jurisdictions
Name authorities have been corrected
Earlier/later relationships
Subject usage information
All names may be used as descriptive access points
Bulgarian Jurisdictions

8. Subject Headings for Atlases
Former policy
Atlases
Assigned to world atlases only
Atlases, [nationality]
Assigned to world atlases published in the country indicated in the heading
Subject Headings for Atlases

9. Subject Headings for Atlases
Policy as of May 2017
Atlases
Assigned to all atlases regardless of geographic coverage
Subdivided geographically to bring out country of publication
Atlases, [nationality]
Cancelled in favor of headings in the form Atlases—[place]
Subject Headings for Atlases

10. Subject Headings for Atlases
Geographic or topical coverage of atlases
Assigned headings of the type [place]—Maps and [topic]—[place]—Maps
Example:
A road atlas of Germany, published in Austria
Roads—Germany—Maps.
Atlases—Austria.
Subject Headings for Atlases

11. LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens
FY 2017 Omnibus Bill:
“… the Library of Congress is directed to make publicly available its process for changing or adding subject headings. It is expected that [the process be] clearly defined, transparent, and allows input from stakeholders including those in the congressional community …”
LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens

12. LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens
LC envisions a webpage
Will describe
Procedures for preparing and submitting a proposal
The review process
The methods by which decisions are published
Will link to relevant sections of the SHM and to other LC webpages
Available later this summer
LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens

13. LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens
LC is still conferring with interested parties on the disposition of the subject heading
The decision will be announced through the normal process
LC Subject Heading Illegal aliens

14. New SHM Instruction Sheet
H 204, Evaluating Subject Proposals
Describes PSD’s subject proposal workflow
Outlines the issues that policy specialists consider as they review proposals
Available at cations/FreeSHM/H0204.pdf
New SHM Instruction Sheet

15. LCSH Online Training Available on the Cataloger’s Learning Workshop
Instructors
Janis L. Young, senior cataloging policy specialist, PSD
Daniel N. Joudrey, associate professor, Simmons SLIS
LCSH Online Training

16. LCSH Online Training Currently available To come
Unit 1. Foundations (5 modules)
Unit 2. Structure of LCSH (8 modules)
Unit 3. Subject Headings Manual (3 modules)
Unit 4. Main headings: the details (12 modules)
Unit 5. Assigning simple headings to resources (4 modules)
Unit 6. Subdivisions (18 modules)
To come
Unit 7. MARC format
Unit 8. Putting it all together
LCSH Online Training

17. Art Genre/Form Project
Undertaken in cooperation with the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee
Collaborating on the final list of terms that will be formally proposed for inclusion in LCGFT
Art Genre/Form Project

18. Medium of Performance Thesaurus Manual
Initial draft instruction sheets were published in June 2017
Rules and guidelines for format of headings, references, and scope notes
Technical details on making proposals
Additional draft instruction sheets will be published as they are completed
/FreeLCMPT/freelcmpt.html
Medium of Performance Thesaurus Manual

19. Now accepting proposals for new and revised medium of performance terms
Follow the guidelines in the draft Manual
Use the normal SACO workflow
SACO members are encouraged to submit proposals through the SACO Music Funnel
LCMPT Proposals

20. LCDGT Pilot Phase 3 Extended through December 2017
Proposals that are needed for new cataloging only are being accepted by PSD
Draft Demographic Group Terms Manual: /FreeLCDGT/freelcdgt.html
LCDGT Pilot Phase 3

21. Questions?