Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee

Purpose: To formulate MLA policy on all matters related to the descriptive cataloging of music materials in libraries. Specifically, the Subcommittee is responsible for all matters concerning the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, the documents known collectively as the International Standard Bibliographic Description, Library of Congress Rule Interpretations and other supplemental guidelines, publications, and policies regarding the content (but not the encoding or transmission) of descriptive portions of the machine‑readable bibliographic record. Further, the Subcommittee tends to other matters deemed pertinent by the Bibliographic Control Committee. The Chair serves as the MLA representative to the ALA/ALCTS/CCS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA).

• CC:DA, ALA Annual Report (July 2009)
• 2009 Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee Annual Report (July 2008-June 2009)
• Subcommittee on Descriptive Cataloging, MLA Conference Report -- Chicago, Ill. (Feb. 2009)
• CC:DA, ALA Midwinter Report (January 2009)
  
• Access past Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee Reports through the BCC Historical Documents Menu.

• Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC)
• ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (IFLA)
• Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
• Music OCLC Users Group
• Joint RBMS/MLA Task Group for Developing Rules for Rare Music Cataloging
• Types of compositions for use in music uniform titles

• February 26, 2006: From AACR2 to RDA: An Evolution [PDF file]  (Presented by Kathy Glennan, University of Maryland)
• February 18, 2005: Development of AACR3 (Presented by Kathy Glennan, University of Southern California)
• February 18, 2005: AACR3: Summary of Part I Draft (and a glimpse into Parts II and III) (Presented by Kathy Glennan, University of Southern California)

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