Fwd: Recommendations from Operations meetings Renette Davis 01 May 2006 15:03 UTC
I have seen several comments on various email lists asking whether PCC can "do anything" about LC's decision regarding series, so thought I would share these recommendations which were made at the joint CONSER and BIBCO Operations Meeting last Friday. Renette >X-Authentication-Warning: sun8.loc.gov: lhaw owned process doing -bs >Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 09:44:07 -0400 >Reply-To: CONSER Cataloging Discussion List <CONSRLST@loc.gov> >Sender: CONSER Cataloging Discussion List <CONSRLST@loc.gov> >X-PH: V4.4 (uchicago), $Revision: 1.70 $@mx01 >From: Les Hawkins <lhaw@loc.gov> >Subject: Recommendations from Operations meetings >Comments: To: pccpol@loc.gov >Comments: cc: pcclist@loc.gov, consrlst@loc.gov, bibco@loc.gov >To: CONSRLST@sun8.LOC.GOV >List-Help: <http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=CONSRLST>, > <mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV?body=INFO CONSRLST> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:CONSRLST-unsubscribe-request@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:CONSRLST-subscribe-request@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV> >List-Owner: <mailto:CONSRLST-request@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV> >List-Archive: <http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=CONSRLST> >X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 mlx=0 >adultscore=0 adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=3.1.0-06042601 >definitions=3.0.0-06050102 >X-Uchicago-PMX-Id: 140.147.249.48: k41E9mqb016978 [Mon May 1 09:09:55 2006] >X-Uchicago-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7% >X-Uchicago-Spam-Tests: Failed='__C230066_P5 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, >__HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' > >The BIBCO and CONSER Operations Committees met jointly last week and voted >to make the following recommendations to the PCC Policy Committee: > >The BIBCO and CONSER Operations Committees recommend to the PCC Policy >Committee: > >1) That it officially communicate to the Library of Congress the concerns >that have arisen on our email lists and in discussion at our meetings >about LCs new series policy > >2) That the PCC evaluate series practices in the following areas: > > 1. Simplify series authority creation and documentation to support >it. Areas that should be covered include: > a. Bib maintenance > b. Unambiguous distinction of strong vs weak series > c.Selcted series authority control or total > > 2. Assess importance of series authority control > > 3. Cost benefit analysis of both original series control work and > copy >cataloging > > 4. Establish a discrete time frame for this evaluation process > > >Les Hawkins >CONSER Coordinator >Library of Congress >Washington, DC >202 707-5185