The following papers are available from the MARC home page, LC
Gopher, or USMARC list. They will be discussed at the Midwinter
1998 MARBI meetings in New Orleans, Jan. 10-12, 1997.
PROPOSAL NO. 98-1
NAME: Redefinition of Field 210 (Abbreviated Key Title) in the
USMARC Bibliographic Format
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/.listarch/usmarc/98-1.doc
PROPOSAL NO. 98-2
NAME: Definition of fields 541, 561, and 562 in the USMARC
Holdings Format
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/.listarch/usmarc/98-2.doc
PROPOSAL NO. 98-3
NAME: Expanding the use of field 028 (Publisher Number)
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/.listarch/usmarc/98-3.doc
DISCUSSION PAPER No. 104
NAME: Defining Field 007 (Physical Description Fixed Field) for
Tactile Materials in the USMARC Bibliographic and Holdings
Formats
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/.listarch/usmarc/dp104.doc
DISCUSSION PAPER No. 106
NAME: New Type of Date code
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/.listarch/usmarc/dp106.doc
The following papers will be posted next week:
PROPOSAL No. 98-4: Elimination of tag conflicts in the USMARC
Bibliographic, Community Information, and Holdings formats
PROPOSAL No. 98-5: Additional Definition of Field 080 (UDC)
PROPOSAL No. 98-6: Definition of value s for Electronic in 008/29
(Form of item) in Maps and Visual Materials and 008/23 (Form of
item) in Books, Music, Serials, and Mixed Materials in the
Bibliographic format
DISCUSSION PAPER No. 105: Reading Program information
Agenda for Midwinter MARBI meetings
Additional documents will be posted in the next several weeks.
URLs for papers as noted above. They can also be accessed via
the MARC home page:
http://www.loc.gov/marc/
Proposals and Discussion papers are listed under MARC Advisory
Committee and then by year initiated (proposals).
To access through LC MARVEL, gopher to marvel.loc.gov. Proposals
and discussion papers are listed under "Libraries and Publishers
(Technical Services)", "USMARC Standards", "MARBI Proposals and
Discussion Papers". Select either "1998 MARBI Proposals" or
"MARBI Discussion Papers".
To access through the USMARC list archives (email):
Send a message to: [log in to unmask] with text: get filename
Where you fill in the filename (last portion of the URL above).
e.g. get 98-1.doc
Note that the Listserv software does NOT require the name of the
list in the message (listproc command was: get usmarc filename).
Do not include any other text in the message.
RSG 11/21/97
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