The following discussion papers are available for review by the MARC
community. They will be discussed at the Midwinter 2006 ALA meetings in
San Antonio.

Discussion Paper 2006-DP01: Recording geographic coordinates in the
MARC 21 Authority Format
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2006/2006-dp01.html

Discussion Paper 2006-DP02: Addition of coded value to 008 for content
alerts in the MARC 21 Bibliographic format
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2006/2006-dp02.html

Discussion Paper 2006-DP03: Incorporation of Former Headings into MARC 21
Authority Records
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2006/2006-dp03.html

Discussion Paper 2006-DP05: Indicating coverage dates for indexes in the
MARC 21 Holdings Format
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2006/2006-dp05.html

There will be one more discussion paper that will be posted shortly.

See agenda for discussion times at:
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/mw2006-agenda.html



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