[Yulcat-l] New CONSER Standard Record Approved

[Steven Arakawa]

Date:         Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:00:45 -0500
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From: "Charbonneau, Mechael Dawn" <mgago at INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: New CONSER Standard Record Approved
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PCC Community:

I am pleased to announce that the PCC Policy Committee has endorsed the 
recommendations of the final reports submitted by the Access Level Record 
for Serials Working Group and the Working Group on Authentication Codes and 
Encoding Levels for Serials and Integrating Resources.  The implementation 
date for the new CONSER standard record has been set for February 1, 
2007.  Many thanks to all of the Working Group members for their 
outstanding work throughout this process.



PoCo wants to assure that the recommendations are implemented in the spirit 
that they were offered by the working groups, namely, to provide in an 
effective and timely manner a record that consistently ensures 
identification of and access to a serial title.  To that end, the Working 
Group has defined the set of required elements needed in every CONSER 
standard record.  All other elements are optional, but not precluded, and 
can be added as needed based on cataloger's judgment.



PoCo recognizes that the comments received during the review period 
identified some areas where additional work is needed to resolve 
conflicting instructions or clarify some ambiguities. The PoCo has charged 
the Working Group to review the comments and resolve those problems, and to 
work with CPSO to assure that rule interpretations are in place for those 
recommendations which are not fully compliant with current AACR2 practice 
(most of which anticipate upcoming RDA changes).  Staff in CPSO that serve 
on the JSC can also help assure that the new CONSER standard will be 
compatible with RDA.



NEXT STEPS:

Members of the original working group will be asked to work on resolving 
issues raised during the comment period.



LCRIs:

The co-chairs Regina Reynolds (LC) and Diane Boehr (NLM), will meet with 
Barbara Tillett (CPSO) to determine what AACR2 LCRIs are needed.



DOCUMENTATION:

The documentation produced by the Working Group provides a base foundation 
for the new standard. Work has begun on a document which merges required 
record elements with succinct cataloging instructions.  This document will 
reflect the decisions that the working group makes in resolving some of the 
outstanding ambiguities or conflicts, will have additional appendices with 
examples, guidelines for working with copy, and other tools, and will link 
to existing sections of CONSER documentation where applicable.



TRAINING:

Melissa Beck (UCLA), a member of the working group, has agreed to develop 
training materials for the CONSER standard record that could be used in 
face-to-face workshop settings, adaptable to delivery in an online format, 
and made available for all by downloading on the CONSER web site.  A new 
SCCTP module will also be developed based on these training materials.  A 
preliminary training session is already planned for ALA Midwinter 2007, 
during the Monday afternoon meeting of the ALCTS Continuing Resources 
Cataloging Committee.



Mechael D. Charbonneau

PoCo Chair, 2007


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Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog Dept. Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University.
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu
   
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