Task Group on Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records
Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee
Co-Chairs
- Cindy Spadoni
UCLA
spadoni [at] law.ucla.edu
Members
- Melissa Beck
UCLA
beck [at] law.ucla.edu - Jack Bissett
Washington and Lee University
bissettj [at] wlu.edu - Laurel Cochrane
Notre Dame
lcochran [at] nd.edu - Michael D. Brown
University of Chicago
mdb6 [at] uchicago.edu - Angela Jones
Southern Methodist University
arjones [at] smu.edu - Alan Keely
Wake Forest University
keelyda [at] wfu.edu - Yael Mandelstam
Fordham University
ymandelstam [at] law.fordham.edu - Keiko Okuhara
University of Hawaii
keikooku [at] hawaii.edu - Jean Pajerek
Cornell University
jmp8 [at] cornell.edu - George Prager
New York University
PragerG [at] exchange.law.nyu.edu - Harry Loren Stamper
University of San Diego
stamper [at] sandiego.edu
Electronic Discussion List
ts-vbr [at] aallnet.org (overview and instructions)
Mission
- Develops guidelines for vendors to assist them in following PCC's MARC Record Guide for Monograph Aggregator Vendors (165 KB PDF).
- Offers to assist vendors who wish to produce cataloging metadata, by a) encouraging them to provide sample bibliographic records for evaluation; b) assist vendors in preparation of specifications for contract cataloging; c) recommend changes and revisions as appropriate (list illustrative, not prescriptive).
- Develops ways to encourage vendors to make arrangements with authority control vendors, e.g. MARCIVE, to supply current authority data for the cataloging produced.
- Develops and disseminates evaluations/reviews of the cataloging data to TS-SIS members.
The Task Group's wiki is publicly viewable, but only Task Group members may edit the content.