Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
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Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control


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Following the third successful public hearing of the Library of Congress? Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control on 9 July, the Working Group has extended the final date for comments or testimonies to be submitted to the group to 31 July. For information about how to submit written commentary see the website. Although the working group?s report will be sent out for comments in October before submitting the report to the Library of Congress in November, members are encouraged to send comments, however short, in order to make an impact on this important report. For more information please see the Working Group Web site.




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- Preservation Metadata
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