Cross-Posted with apologies ; may be forwarded to other lists, etc. ****************************************** The Cataloging Policy and Support Office recently announded that the Music Cataloging Decisions (MCDs) have been absorbed into the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI) beginning with LCRI 2005 Update, no. 1. That Update incorporates the MCDs retrospectively, including minor modifications and deletion of obsolete decisions. Future AACR2 rule interpretations regarding music will be issued only in the LCRI series. The following Music Cataloging Decisions were cancelled at the time the others were merged with the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations 1.5E1 (obsolete) 5.7B20 (still valid; example moved to LCRI 1.7B20) 6.1F3 (obsolete) 6.5C3 (obsolete) 22.17 (no longer needed) 25.30B7 (sufficient guidance in LCRI 25.30B5) 25.30C4 (now in name authority records for composers) 26.4 (obsolete) 26.4D3 (obsolete) Posted at the request of Gerry Ostrove, CPSO Music Policy Specialist by: Ana Lupe Crist�n Cooperative Cataloging Specialist/on detail to CPSO Library of Congress, LM 537 Washington, DC 20540-4382 tel.: 202.707.7921 fax: 202.252.2082 email: [log in to unmask]