ALCTS NewsLinks

• Election Results 2007
• Final Report: Subject Semantic Interoperability (.pdf) 113 pages

Current Issues

ALCTS and the Profession

• Next Steps: March 2007 (.pdf)
• The "Next Report" ALCTS and the Future of Bibliographic Control (.pdf)
• STRATEGIC PLAN 2006-2011

Task-Force on Non-English Access

• Task Force Report, Revised March 16, 2007 (.pdf) 47 pages
• Task Force Report: Comments Received and Their Disposition (.pdf) 30 pages
• Executive Summary (.pdf)
• Non-English Access discussion list homepage
• Recommendations (.pdf)
• Full Report, September 18, 2006 (.pdf)(70 pages)
• Announcement Press Release

CC:DA & RDA

• Comment on the draft of RDA Part A, Chapter 6-7, 2nd Draft. Comments accepted until August 8. Comments: U.S. Form
• Announcements and Reports

Bibliographic Control Issues: The Future of Cataloging

• Written Testimony for the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control Second Public Meeting: Standards and Structures
• Basic Values and the Future of Cataloging
  presentations from an ALCTS/CCS Forum, Jan. 21, 2007 from 8 to 10 am at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington
• ALCTS and the Future of Bibliographic Control: Challenges, Actions, and Values Report October 2006
• ALA's Testimony Regarding the Library of Congress Oversight Hearing Lynne E. Bradley, July 27, 2006
• LC's series decision implementation Beacher Wiggins post to Bigheads discussion list, 05/31/06
• The Library of Congress decision to cease series authority work ARLIS, 05/31/06
• FAQ Bigheads, 05/30/06
• ALCTS Issues Statement on the Library of Congress’ Series Authority Record Decision press release, 05/30/06
• D. Marcum letter 05/27/06
• Letter (.pdf) SLA and AALL to LC, 05/26/06
• Letter ARL to D. Marcum, 05/25/06
• PCC Statement on LC Series Authority Record Change, Mark Watson, 05/25/06
• “International Dimensions of Digital Science and Scholarship” D. Marcum 05/18/06; address to the American Association of Research Libraries
• ALA Executive Board Statement: Bibliographic/Cataloging Services at the LC 05/12/06
• Resolution on the Library of Congress Management's Decision to Cease the Production of Series Authority Records (.pdf), adopted by the Library of Congress Professional Guild (AFSCME Local 2910) Executive Board, May 11, 2006
• Letter D. Marcum, 05/05/06
• "The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Discovery Tools": draft 2B, Karen Calhoun, 03/06/2006
• "The Future of Cataloging," Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian of Congress, January 16, 2004; address to the Ebsco Leadership Seminar, Boston, MA
• A White Paper on the Future of Cataloging at Indiana University, Jackie Byrd et al., January 15, 2006
• Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California, Bibliographic Services Task Force, December 2005

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