Minutes of the PLA Cataloging Needs of Public Libraries Committee

ALA Annual Conference
San Francisco
June 18, 2001

The meeting began at 2:00 p.m.

Approval of the Minutes from ALA Annual meeting, July 10, 2000

The minutes from the January meeting were approved:

Maxine Sherman moved to accept the minutes.
Robert Hall (Concord Free Library) seconded it.
Unanimously accepted.

Reports from Liaisons

Winton Matthews started with a report for Library of Congress

Winton announced that the Collaborative Digital Reference Service now has a membership of over 100 libraries. This service provides reference service to researchers anytime, anywhere through an international, digital network.
A new release of Endeavor will occur in February, 2002 and will delay access to the LC Name and subject authority records via the Web OPAC and Z39.50. This release will include capability to display vernacular characters for Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese and Japanese.
The LCCN re-structuring was implemented in January, 2001. LC, OCLC and RLG began using pinyin as the standard romanization scheme for Chinese characters in bibliographic and authority records.
The ECIP program has been expanding rapidly. The number of participating publishers is now 918.
Announcements about updates in LC Classification, fiction cataloging, art cataloging, Dewey Classification and electronic resources cataloging were made and can be found on the LC website.
The SACO Participants Manual is now available.

Margaret Shen reports on activities of CC:DA

Chapter 9 has been rewritten and is ready. New GMDs have been approved for cartographic material and electronic resources.
Appendix E has been approved, and the new index should be published around early August. The new index and updates should run about $15.00. It will have annual updates/edition.
New bib level codes i (integrating resources, looseleaf) and k (continuous frequency) were approved. More info can be found on MARBI website.
In process to be revised: Updates on the rule of 3 for statement of responsibility. Either no limit, or let cataloger use own judgement. A task force should have final report by December.
508 credits note is now a repeatable field.
On Saturday, they approved 4 proposed changes relating to serials.

Old Business

The future of catalogers

There was a concern voiced about the number of library schools not only not requiring cataloging, but not even offering it. The discussion continued about requesting the non?accreditation of library schools that do not offer cataloging. Also, the finding of Joseph Miller's letter and forwarding it to Mike Tribby.

2001 Program report: Joanne Gilmore reporting for Ava Smith

Practical cataloging : tips for the totally lost.
Ava Smith presided at the program which went well, about 110 attendees.

Thanks to the speakers for the program: JoAnn Oliphant, Library Director, Beeville, TX; Louisa Kreider, Authority and Quality Control Coordinator, Cleveland Public Library and Marcia Stout, OCLC, Dublin OH
All three speakers had PowerPoint presentations which will be on the PLA website.

2002 Program report: Joanne Gilmore

Topic will be: Cataloging using the Internet. Speakers will be: Dawn Lawson(OCLC) ? WebDewey), Bruce Johnson (LC)- Catalogers Desktop, Suzanne Barton (Book Systems, Inc.)- EZ Cat, Laurie MacLeod Bennett (from Chestatee Regional Library System, GA)- other Internet resources. We have requested that ALCTS co-sponsor the program with us.

New Business

Program suggestions for 2003

2003 or 2004 program. Possible topic: Where are the future catalogers coming from? Promote catalogers and cataloging, not just teaching.

Wei Jeng-Chu of Indian Trails (IL) PL will organize the program for 2003, helped by Bob Hall (Concord Free PL, Concord Mass.) and Lois Upham (Uncle Remus Regional Library, GA).

Other

Bob Hall volunteered to put up a web page for the committee, by putting a link to it from PLA website. Some things to be included: meeting minutes, announcements of meetings, list of committee, committee mission, links, PowerPoint links. Contact Bob via e-mail address at bobhall@mln.lib.ma.us.

Minutes submitted by Maxine Sherman and Joanne Gilmore.

In attendance:
Winton Matthews, Library of Congress
Robert Hall, Concord Free Public Library, Concord MA
Mike Tribby, Quality Books
Dan Liebtag, Fairfield County Library, OH
Lois Upham, Uncle Remus Regional Library, GA
Rip Strautman, Spokane Public Library, WA
Lisa Meyers, Daniel Boone Regional Library
Susan Hudak, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA
Richard Watts, San Bernadino County Public Library, CA
Wei Jeng-Chu, Indian Trails Public Library, IL
Michele Zwierski, Nassau Library System
Yelena German, Sunnyvale Public Library, CA
Elaine Crepeau, Belvedere Tiburon Library, CA
Heeja Chung, Westchester Library System, NY
Mary Jane Mannherz, Margaret Grundy Memorial Library, PA
Douglas Wray, Westchester Library System, NY
Margaret Shen, Cleveland Public Library, OH
Vivian Bordeaux, Bridgeport Public Library, CT
Joanne Gilmore, Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH
Maxine Sherman, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH