Purpose

Members of MLA's Cataloging and Metadata Committee bring a voice to music library and music user needs by assisting in the creation of vision and policy on the national level:

ACRL

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section-Music Library Association Joint Committee on Early Printed Music

Joint task force of RBMS and MLA, working on Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Music) (DCRM(M)).

ALA

Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG)

Interest group including discussions and presentations related to authority control of library resources.

Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)

Committee which discusses and approves RDA proposals from constituents of the American Library Association. Approved RDA proposals are presented to the JSC (Joint Steering Committee) by the ALA representative to the JSC.

MARC Advisory Committee (MAC)

Committee which discusses and approves proposals for revision of the MARC formats. MLA is a voting member.

Metadata Interest Group (MIG)

Interest group focusing on review of metadata standards and dissemination of current developments related to metadata standards.

Subject Analysis Committee (SAC)

Committee focusing on subject and genre/form analysis of library resources.

Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV)

Subcommittee of SAC, focusing on facilitating the implementation and use of faceted vocabularies in library metadata.

OLAC

Online Audiovisual Catalogers Cataloging Policy Committee (OLAC-CAPC)

Cataloging policy committee of OLAC.

PCC

BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator

PCC funnel for contributing music bibliographic records.

NACO-Music Project Coordinator

PCC funnel for contributing music authority records records.

SACO Music Funnel Coordinator

PCC funnel for contributing music subject, genre, and medium authority records records.