Status: Charge approved May 9, 2024

Charge (.pdf)

Preliminary Report: under review

Roster

Leah Gentry, University of Wisconsin-Madison (co-chair)

Jeannette Ho, Texas A&M, PCC RDA Implementation Task Group, Working Group on Metadata Application Profiles

Lilly Ho, Library and Archives NT, SCS Task Group on Accessibility Information in Provider Neutral Records

Kate James, OCLC, OCLC Representative

Junghae Lee, University of Washington, Standing Committee on Standards

Tricia Mackenzie, Library of Congress Representative

Sungmin Park, Rutgers University Libraries, OLAC Representative

George Prager, Standing Committee on Standards, PCC RDA Implementation Task Group

Kevin Randall, Northwestern University, SCS Task Group on CONSER Policies for Official RDA in MARC, Standing Committee on Standards (co-chair)

Keiko Suzuki, New School

Tentative timeline:

Preliminary report due: December 31, 2024
Final report due: March 31, 2025

Background:

The provider-neutral (PN) model was initially designed for use with Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2), and was adopted for serials in 2003, for textual monographs in 2009, and for multiple formats in 2011. While cataloging different provider manifestations on a single record contradicts aspects of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) conceptual model underlying AACR2’s successor standard Resource Description and Access (RDA), the PN model was maintained by the PCC for use with RDA. The separate guidelines were combined into a single document with parallel columns for monographs and for serials/integrating resources, and supplemented with elements from RDA. Since then, several additional changes have been made to the PCC’s PN Record Guidelines, and the landscape of electronic resource distribution, access, and cataloging has also evolved. RDA has also been revised to conform to a new conceptual model, the Library Reference Model (FRBR-LRM). In response, the PCC RDA Implementation Task Group has inquired whether updates are needed to the PN guidelines prior to PCC implementation of Official RDA. This new SCS Task Group on Provider Neutral MARC Record Guidelines for Monographic E-Resources in Official RDA is being charged to consider monographic e-resources (including e-books, streaming audiovisual content, etc.), in collaboration with the existing SCS Task Group on CONSER Policies for RDA in MARC who will consider this question with respect to electronic serials and integrating resources (IRs). 

Charge:

• Assess whether the provider-neutral model remains appropriate and useful for cataloging multiple provider versions of a monographic e-resource on a single MARC record under the PCC’s implementation of Official RDA
• According to this assessment, either revise the current version of the PCC Provider Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines or develop new guidelines for cataloging different provider versions of a monographic e-resource in MARC, to be used under the PCC’s implementation of Official RDA; identify related documentation that may need adjusting
• Collaborate and coordinate with the SCS Task Group on CONSER Policies for RDA in MARC on their assessment and development of parallel or combined provider-neutral guidelines for electronic serials and integrating resources
• Coordinate with the PCC Working Group on Metadata Application Profiles and the PCC RDA Implementation Task Group as needed for alignment of documentation and implementation timelines

PCC Strategic Directions (2023-):

The work of this task group supports and aligns with the following PCC strategic directions:

• 2.3. Enable the ongoing effective use of Resource Description and Access (RDA) by a broad community of metadata practitioners with varying levels of experience and training
• 2.3.1. Maintain robust and modular policy statements, metadata guidance documentation and other training materials for use with the Official RDA Toolkit