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Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control

The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control has been charged to:

Present findings on how bibliographic control and other descriptive practices can effectively support management of and access to library materials in the evolving information and technology environment
Recommend ways in which the library community can collectively move toward achieving this vision
Advise the Library of Congress on its role and priorities

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- Cost And Value Of Bibliographic Control
Assessing the Cost and Value of Bibliographic Control by Erin Stalberg and Christopher Cronin appears in LRTS v. 55, no. 3. In June 2009, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Heads of Technical Services in Large Research Libraries...

- The Future Of Cataloging: A Palinet Symposium
MP3s and slides from The Future of Cataloging: A PALINET Symposium are now available. The talks were:Keynote Address, Karen Calhoun "Traveling Through Transitions in Technical Services: From Surviving to Thriving"Response to Keynote, Panel Discussion...

- Working Group On The Future Of Bibliographic Control
The final report of the working group, On the Record: Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, is now available....

- Future Of Bibliographic Control
The live feed had so many viewers it overloaded the servers. Now it is available to view at your leisure. Draft Final Report: Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control.In November 2006, Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for Library Services...

- The Future Of Bibliographic Control Meeting
Economics and Organization of Bibliographic Data Background Paper for the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control sets the stage for the third meeting.The purpose of the third public meeting is to better understand the economic and organizational...

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