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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 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
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considering co-sponsoring and/or drafting additional discussion papers, including a discussion paper on enhancements to field 586 (Awards note) in the Bibliographic Format. Several of these papers are co-sponsored with the Standing Committee on Applications, based on recommendations of
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the SCA Task Group on Enhancing Metadata and Practices in MARC Bibliographic Records. More information on these papers will be shared here prior to the midwinter meeting. Draft proposals are due to MAC by November 8, 2024 for consideration at Midwinter 2025
Recent PCC-Sponsored MARC Proposals and Discussion Papers:
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MAC no. | Title | Source | Date discussed by MAC | Status | Comments |
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2024-05 |
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Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 506 and 540 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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PCC Standing Committee on Applications |
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Summer 2024 |
| Approved with minor amendments to definition of $f | |||||||
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Tagging Transliteration Schemes and BCP 47 in Data Provenance Subfields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats |
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ALA-LC Romanization Table Review Board |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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ALA Core Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials |
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Summer 2024 |
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May return as a proposal, Midwinter 2025 |
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Redefining Subfield $b in X00 Fields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards, via SCS Task Group on Evaluation Guidelines for Non-Latin Script References in NARs |
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Summer 2024 |
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May return as a proposal, Midwinter 2025 |
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Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Fields 368, 376, and 381 in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats |
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PCC Standing Committee on |
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Standards | Summer 2024 |
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May return as a proposal, Midwinter 2025 |
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Adding Subfield $7 for Data Provenance to Additional Fields in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on |
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Standards | Summer 2024 |
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Adding Subfield $3 to Fields 508 and 511 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Summer 2024 |
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Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal, 2024-FT04. |
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Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Field 024 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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PCC Standing Committee on Applications |
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Summer 2024 |
| May return as a proposal |
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, Midwinter |
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2025 |
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Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 506 and 540 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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PCC Standing Committee on Applications |
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Addition of Relationship Subfields in Fields 647 and 648 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Midwinter 2024 |
| Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal |
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, approved by MAC April 2024 |
2023-05 |
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Attributes of Family in the MARC 21 Authority Format |
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Midwinter 2023
PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Summer 2023 |
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Adding Subfields $0, $1, $2, and $5 to Fields 720 and 653 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Midwinter 2023 |
| Approved with amendments | ||||||||
2023-DP04 |
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Attributes of Family in the MARC 21 Authority Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Renaming and Redefining Field 368 Subfield $d in the MARC 21 Authority Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Summer 2023 |
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Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal: 2023-FT02 |
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Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 720 and 653 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format |
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PCC Standing Committee on Standards |
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Summer 2022 |
| Returned as a proposal: 2023-03 | |||||||||||
2022-DP05 | Accommodating Subject Relationships to Works and Expressions in the MARC 21 Authority Format | PCC Standing Committee on Standards | Midwinter 2022 |
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Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Field 373 of the MARC 21 Authority Format | PCC Standing Committee on Standards | Midwinter 2022 |
| Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal: 2022-FT01 |