2008 Cataloging Committee Agenda

June 22, 2008 (target duration: 90 min.) 

Committee Business

·        Approve 2007 Minutes.doc (Daniel, 5 min.)

·        Membership rotation (Daniel, 5 min.)

·        Wiki

·        Continue current site or migrate to new AJL RAS Wiki?  (Daniel, 5 min.)

·        Continue reporting bibliographic record errors via Wiki?  (Jasmin, 5 min.)

RDA 

·        Bible Uniform Titles update  (Lenore, 5 min.)

Authority Control

·        Authority work by non-librarians: can they participate in the Funnel?  Should it be possible for non-professional contributors to reach NACO independence without having mastered (and without trying to submit) rabbinic names? (Daniel, 10 min.)

·        Update on non-Roman headings/references in authority records (Heidi/Joan, 30 min.)  -- PRE-WORK N-R scipt in NARs FAQs

         ·        Preferred form of Hebrew script reference headings -- PRE-WORK hebnrrefguide.doc (Hebrew reference options, Joan)

Bibliographic Description

·       Standarization of vernacular description:  establish task force to propose best practices documentation? (All, 15 min.)

·       Judeo-Arabic romanization table (Heidi/Joan, 10 min)