PCC Liaison to the MARC Advisory Committee (MAC): T.J. TJ Kao
For feedback and suggestions on Discussion Papers and Proposals for revisions to the MARC 21 formats, including those not sponsored or authored by PCC groups, contact T.J. TJ Kao and/or consult the originating body of the paper or proposal.
PCC-Sponsored MARC Proposals and Discussion Papers in Progress for Midwinter 2025:
The PCC Standing Committee on Standards (SCS) and other groups are preparing drafts of full proposals based on several recent discussion papers (listed below) for consideration at the Midwinter MARC Advisory Committee meeting in January 2025. SCS is also drafting new discussion papers, including a discussion paper on enhancements to field 586 (Awards note) in the Bibliographic Format, and a discussion paper. Several of these papers are co-sponsored with the Standing Committee on Applications, based on recommendations of the SCA Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and Practices in MARC Bibliographic Records.
Recent PCC-Sponsored MARC Proposals and Discussion Papers:
Summer 2024:
- 2024-05: Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 506 and 540 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- Source: PCC Standing Committee on Standards, PCC Standing Committee on Applications
- Status: Approved, with minor amendments to definition of $f
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- 2023-03: Adding Subfields $0, $1, $2, and $5 to Fields 720 and 653 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
- Source: PCC Standing Committee on Standards
- Status: Approved with amendments
- 2023-DP04: Attributes of Family in the MARC 21 Authority Format
- Source: PCC Standing Committee on Standards
- Status: Returned as a proposal: 2023-05
- 2023-DP03: Renaming and Redefining Field 368 Subfield $d in the MARC 21 Authority Format
- Source: PCC Standing Committee on Standards
- Status: Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal: 2023-FT02
Summer 2022