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ALCTS 7 Measures Survey

Digital Preservation

Definition of Digital Preservation | .pdf version

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) 2 pages
Non-English Access discussion list homepage
Recommendations (.pdf) 3 pages
Full Report, September 18, 2006 (.pdf) 70 pages
Announcement Press Release

Bibliographic Control Issues: The Future of Cataloging

LC Working Group Report

On the Record: Report of the LC Working Group, final report, Jan. 2008 (.pdf) 49 pages
ALCTS Recommendations for Action, On the Record: Report of the LC Working Group (.html) | (.pdf) 16 pages
Ten Actions for ALCTS to respond to the LC working group report (.html) | (.pdf) 3 pages
LC Working Group Report on the Future of Bibliographic Control—draft, Nov. 2007 (.pdf) 41 pages
Memo accompanying the LC Working Group Report (.pdf) 3 pages
ALCTS Comments on “Report on the Future of Bibliographic Control: Draft for Public Comment, Nov. 30, 2007”
Written Testimony for the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control Second Public Meeting: Standards and Structures (.pdf) 4 pages

Series Authority

LC's series decision implementation Beacher Wiggins post to "Big Heads" discussion list, May 2006
The Library of Congress decision to cease series authority work ARLIS, May 2006
FAQ "Big Heads," May 2006
ALCTS Issues Statement on LC’s Series Authority Record Decision press release, May 2006
D. Marcum letter 05/27/06
Letter SLA and AALL to LC, May 2006 (.pdf) 2 pages
Letter ARL to D. Marcum, May 2006
PCC Statement on LC Series Authority Record Change, Mark Watson, May 2006
ALA Executive Board Statement: Bibliographic/Cataloging Services at LC, May 2006
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 2006 (.pdf) 2 pages
Letter regarding series authority records D. Marcum, May 2006

Issues

Basic Values and the Future of Cataloging
presentations from an ALCTS/CCS Forum, Jan. 2007 at ALA Midwinter in Seattle
ALCTS and the Future of Bibliographic Control: Challenges, Actions, and Values (The "Next Report") October 2006 (.pdf) 9 pages
ALA's Testimony Regarding the Library of Congress Oversight Hearing Lynne E. Bradley, July 2006
International Dimensions of Digital Science and Scholarship, D. Marcum, May 2006; address to the American Association of Research Libraries
The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Discovery Tools, draft 2B, Karen Calhoun, March 2006 (.pdf) 51 pages
A White Paper on the Future of Cataloging at Indiana University, Jackie Byrd et al., January 2006 (.pdf) 31 pages
Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California, Bibliographic Services Task Force, December 2005 (.pdf) 80 pages
The Future of Cataloging: Address to the Ebsco Leadership Seminar, Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian of Congress, January 2005; Boston, MA

CC:DA & RDA

Comment on the draft of RDA. Check back soon for a new request for comments.
Announcements and Reports on CC:DA site

Reports

Final Report: Subject Semantic Interoperability (.pdf) 113 pages

ALCTS and the Profession: Next Steps

Next Steps: overview (.pdf) 6 pages
The “Next Report”
ALCTS and the Future of Bibliographic Control: Challenges, Actions and Values (.pdf) 9 pages
ALCTS STRATEGIC PLAN 2006–2011

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