BCC2009/Auth/3

MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Bibliographic Control Committee
Authorities SUBCOMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
July 2008-June 2009

Members: Damian Iseminger, chair (2009); Linda Blair (2006), Paul Cauthen (2008), Neil Hughes (2008), Mary Huismann (2007), Casey Mullin (2008), Thomas Pease (2009), Scott Phinney (2008), Tomoko Shibuya (2009), Michi Hoban (LC representative)

FY2008-2009 was a year of change for Authorities.  At the conclusion of the MLA 2009 annual meeting in Chicago, IL, Robert Sherrane rotated off the subcommittee and Maragret Kaus completed her term as chair, with Damian Iseminger being appointed to take over her duties.  In addition to this, two new members were appointed to the subcommittee, Thomas Pease and Tomoko Shibuya.

Outgoing chair Margaret Kaus attended the meetings of the LITA/ALCTS-CCS Authority Control in the Online Environment Interest Group (ACIG) and the Online Audiovisual Catalogers Cataloging Policy Committee Meeting (CAPC) held June 2008 at ALA Annual in Anaheim, CA and January 2009 at ALA Midwinter in Denver, CO.  Highlights of these meetings were reported by the chair at the MLA 2009 annual meeting.

At the subcommittee business meeting held at MLA 2009, we decided to continue work on the Document on Justification for Authority Work, first proposed at the 2007 annual meeting.  In March and April 2009 the subcommittee submitted ideas for possible revisions on the BCC wiki, and in May a revised document entitled The Music Library Association Statement on Authority Control was written by Neil Hughes, Damian Iseminger, Casey Mullin, and Thomas Pease.  At the end of May, BCC approved the document and it will be considered by the MLA Board at their earliest convenience.

In the upcoming fiscal year, the subcommittee plans on examining the applicability of the FRBR model, in light of authority work.  The group will especially investigate the concept of work records for ethnic, folk and popular music.

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Last updated July 17, 2009