PCC Liaison to the MARC Advisory Committee (MAC): 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 TJ Kao and/or consult the originating body of the paper or proposal.

Recent PCC-Sponsored MARC Proposals and Discussion Papers:

MAC no.TitleSourceDate discussed by MACStatusComments
2025-05Tagging Transliteration Schemes and BCP 47 in Data Provenance Subfields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats

ALA-LC Romanization Table Review Board

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

ALA Core Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials

Summer 2025

with minor revisions
2025-03

Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Fields 368, 376, and 381 in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

Summer 2025

Revision of 2025-01


2025-02

Redefining Subfield $b in X00 Fields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

Midwinter 2025

Approved as written; 4.1. example 10 will be removed. Included in MARC update no. 40 (June 2025)
2025-01

Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Fields 368, 376, and 381 in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

Midwinter 2025

Invited to return as a revised proposal (2025-03), primarily to address concerns with examples, in consideration of SCS Task Group on Privacy in NARs outcomes and in consultation with Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility (EDIBA)
2024-05Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 506 and 540 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

PCC Standing Committee on Applications

Summer 2024

Approved with minor amendments to definition of $f; Included in MARC update No. 39 (December 2024) 

2024-DP11

Tagging Transliteration Schemes and BCP 47 in Data Provenance Subfields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats 

ALA-LC Romanization Table Review Board

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

ALA Core Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials

Summer 2024

Returning as a proposal (2025-05)

2024-DP10

Redefining Subfield $b in X00 Fields in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic FormatsPCC Standing Committee on Standards, via SCS Task Group on Evaluation Guidelines for Non-Latin Script References in NARs Summer 2024

Returning as proposal 2025-02, Midwinter 2025

2024-DP09

Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Fields 368, 376, and 381 in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic FormatsPCC Standing Committee on Standards 
Summer 2024

Returning as proposal 2025-01, Midwinter 2025

2024-DP08

Adding Subfield $7 for Data Provenance to Additional Fields in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatPCC Standing Committee on Standards 
Summer 2024

SCS is not pursuing a proposal at this time.

2024-DP07

Adding Subfield $3 to Fields 508 and 511 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsSummer 2024

Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal, 2024-FT04. Included in MARC update No. 39 (December 2024) 

2024-DP06

Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Field 024 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

PCC Standing Committee on Applications

Summer 2024

May return as proposal, Summer 2025

2024-DP04

Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 506 and 540 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format

PCC Standing Committee on Standards

PCC Standing Committee on Applications

Midwinter 2024

Returned as a proposal, Summer 2024: 2024-05

2024-DP03


Addition of Relationship Subfields in Fields 647 and 648 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsMidwinter 2024

Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal, 2024-FT02, approved by MAC April 2024
2023-05Attributes of Family in the MARC 21 Authority FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsSummer 2023


2023-03Adding Subfields $0, $1, $2, and $5 to Fields 720 and 653 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsMidwinter 2023

Approved with amendments
2023-DP04Attributes of Family in the MARC 21 Authority FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsSummer 2023

Returned as a proposal: 2023-05
2023-DP03Renaming and Redefining Field 368 Subfield $d in the MARC 21 Authority FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsSummer 2023

Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal: 2023-FT02
2022-DP08Adding Subfields $0 and $1 to Fields 720 and 653 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsSummer 2022

Returned as a proposal: 2023-03
2022-DP05Accommodating Subject Relationships to Works and Expressions in the MARC 21 Authority FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsMidwinter 2022

LC indicated it would not implement in LCNAF. Proposal 2025-01 reconsiders option 3 from this paper.

2022-DP04

Adding Subfields $i and $4 to Field 373 of the MARC 21 Authority FormatPCC Standing Committee on StandardsMidwinter 2022

Approved for conversion to a fast-track proposal: 2022-FT01