July 16, 2001

I. Report of the Chair

Chris Long reported that were no changes to the agenda. He also reported that Library of Congress accepted the report of the Task Force on Great Britain vs. England. For works after 1536, use Great Britain for works on the law of England and Wales. The Task Force's recommendations will be implemented in 2001 Update No. 2 of the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings.

Regina Wallen was chosen as the recipient of the 2001 Chapman Award on July 15, 2001.

Margot McLaren from the University of La Verne Law Library has been designated as the secretary for the meeting minutes.

II. Liaison Reports:

SAC: Melody Lemke reported that the Subcommittee on Metadata and Subject Analysis submitted its annual report to SAC (Subject Analysis Committee) and the report will be posted on SAC's web site at . A new subcommittee on fiction guidelines was formed at SAC. Melody mentioned that name authority work could be as much as a challenge as subject headings reference structures. The Subcommittee on Subject Reference Structures in Automated Systems identified issues associated with reference structures in the automated environment. These issues will be explored and the final result will be in a position paper that will guide system designers in presenting syndetic structures effectively. SAC/ALCTS Subcommittees are looking at bibliographic control of web resources to get some direction.

CC:DA: Bill Benemann reported that a 12th Task Force-Task Force on Alpha Prototype was added. Chapter 12 (Serials) of AACR2 is being revised to accommodate seriality. There will be many changes made to Chapter 12 to include integrating resources and loose-leaf publications. Since the changes will be drastic, there will be training sessions for catalogers. Bill mentioned that Jean Hirons has asked someone to revise Hallam. The overall theme is harmonization. Cataloging in a global environment will eliminate conflicts; however, an international code has not been developed yet. There will be more records coming from other cataloging communities in other countries, but there will not be much change in copy cataloging. CC:DA will look at the entire AACR2.

MARBI: Rhonda Lawrence reported that UK seems to be willing to accept MARC21, and more countries are signing on to MARC21 format. Records will be more easily shared and will agree on what content is to go in what field. There will be changes in the coding of records and the 260 field for serials will be repeatable to trace the history of the publisher and place of publication. No date has been given yet to implement the repeatable 260 field. The 2001 DPO5 discussion paper will be posted on Technical Services web site and will be published in the TSLL Newsletter. Rhonda recommends signing up for the MARC listserv. Susan Goldner will be the new MARBI representative.

Other: Lynn El-Hoshy reported that LC Classification on the web will no longer be free, and the availability of LC's authority records through Voyager has been delayed.

III. Update on Religious Law Schedules

Chris Long read a brief report from Jolande Goldberg that indicated it was too early this year to do programs on religious law schedules. Classification schedules for KBM (Jewish law) and KBP (Islamic law) will be posted on the web site soon.

IV. Administration

Judy Vaughan-Sterling reported that preparing a copy cataloging manual is problematic. She suggested a sharing procedures manual for cataloging. "Understanding MARC Formats" is available on the web, and OCLC offers various cataloging workshops (such as coding MARC tags, CORC, etc.).

V. Inherently Legal Subject Headings

The subcommittee is making suggestions to Library of Congress on what is or what is not inherently legal, and that cross-references should be made. Marie Whited pointed out that there is problem with pattern heading in law subject headings and "Legal status" as a free-floating subject heading is questionable. She also mentioned that some us do not have extensive legal experience. Marie urges SACO proposals. Rhonda suggested making a list of legal subject headings and submitting them to Library of Congress as committee members. She also emphasized the importance of having local subject authority files in the OPAC system.

VI. Program Planning for 2002

The theme for 2002 is "Creating Connections", and Tim Knight from the Law Society of Upper Canada is the technical services person on next year's Annual Meeting Program Committee.

VII. Suggested Technical Services Programs for 2002

• Religious law schedules
• Subject Headings workshop with SACO element in it
• Inherently legal subject headings
• Roundtable could be used for cataloging practice exercises
• Need hand on training and exercises (2-3 hour period)
• Cataloging a la carte should include descriptive cataloging electronic resources
• Do a follow up on Uniform Titles workshops
• Need more special serials cataloging training sessions (includes MARC coding)
• One day cataloging workshop on electronic serials
• Chair of TS SIS to present to the AALL Board back-to-back training sessions for Technical Services
• Follow ALA model-have control of our own situation. It was suggested that we contact AALL's Education Committee
• Create a formal task force to address the issue of cataloging training and present it as a written document to the AALL Board

VII. Other Business

Rhonda mentioned that CONSER has a serials co-op training program which is regional, and that ALA and PCC are giving some cataloging training programs, including serials cataloging.

There is a PCC Task Force on Integrating Resources which is looking for law catalogers' participation (this would include updating records as well).

Nancy Poehlmann has been elected as the new Chair.

Submitted by
Margot McLaren
mclarenm@ulv.edu

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