[DCRM-L] MARC / Bibframe

[Joan Milligan]

I think the confusion about the timeline comes from a conflation of two
events. One, the Library of Congress and PCC are writing policy statements
for the new RDA Toolkit and have said they "will not be implementing the
new Toolkit before July 2022,” giving the impression they are aiming for
implementation in the fall 2022. Two, the Library of Congress has said they
want their catalogers to be using Bibframe when they learn the new RDA.

This confused me because I heard this as PCC libraries should be ready to
implement both the new RDA and a version of Bibframe or Sinopia a year from
now, although I know that’s impossible for almost all of us.

Instead, it seems most PCC libraries must implement the new RDA Toolkit a
year or so from now in a MARC environment, even though it is going to be
confusing to do so.

Joan

Joan Milligan  *I*   Special Collections Cataloger * I*   University of
Dayton Libraries


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On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:44 AM Graciani Picardo, Paloma <
paloma.graciani at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Hi Alison,
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> You can learn more about Library of Congress plans in regard to BIBFRAME
> including timeframes on the panel that Judith Cannan, Sally McCallum and
> Paul Frank presented at this year’s LD4 Conference:
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> BIBFRAME 100 at the Library of Congress
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSON9etF054&list=PLx2ZluWEZtICVGpkAIzRW4P17r2jFSOiY&index=19>
> (July 22, 2021)
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> Best,
>
> Paloma
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>
>
> Paloma Graciani Picardo| *Metadata Librarian and Head, Printed &
> Published Media*
>
> Harry Ransom Center | The University of Texas at Austin |
> www.hrc.utexas.edu
>
> she, her, hers
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Rich, Allison
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 17, 2021 9:57 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] MARC / Bibframe
>
>
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> Hi Helena:
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> Please do.
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> This is what I was told in the search committee meeting just now.
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> The new head of tech services at the main library is extremely anti-MARC.
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> It makes me a bit agitated to be honest.
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> I would like to hear the timeframe from an "official" source.
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> Thank you,
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> Allison
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> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:53 AM Zinkham, Helena <hzin at loc.gov> wrote:
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> Hi Allison,
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> I haven’t heard the LC is abandoning MARC this fall. The message continues
> to be one of transition over a number of years.  One change is that, within
> LC, bibliographic records created in the local MARC-based cataloging module
> will start to flow into the Bibframe system as well as the OPAC, rather
> than entering catalog records separately in two systems.
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> Would it be okay if I forwarded your message to the BibFrame team at LC,
> so that a more thorough reply could be offered?
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>
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> Helena Zinkham
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> Prints & Photographs Division
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> Library of Congress
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Rich, Allison
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 17, 2021 10:46 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] MARC / Bibframe
>
>
>
> Hi all:
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> "MARC needs to go. People have known that for twenty years".
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> I am involved in a search committee for candidates for head of metadata at
> my university.
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> I love MARC. What I have been of Bibframe (lack of controlled vocab), I am
> not terribly fond of.
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> Apparently LC is going to abandon MARC in October or November of next year.
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> How are cataloguers who use DCRM standards planning on dealing with this?
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> Is RBMS planning for this almost looking change?
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> And what are some resources which are available to us DCRM cataloguers ?
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> How do you feel about this impending change?
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> Thanks for your replies.
>
> Allison
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>
>
> --
>
> ********************************
> "Outside of a dog,
> a book is probably man's best friend,
> and inside of a dog,
> it's too dark to read.
> - Groucho Marx"
>
> Allison Rich
>
> Rare Materials Cataloguer
>
> ESTC and NACO Coordinator
>
> John Carter Brown Library
> Providence, Rhode Island
> Allison_Rich at brown.edu
> ********************************
>
>
>
> --
>
> ********************************
> "Outside of a dog,
> a book is probably man's best friend,
> and inside of a dog,
> it's too dark to read.
> - Groucho Marx"
>
> Allison Rich
>
> Rare Materials Cataloguer
>
> ESTC and NACO Coordinator
>
> John Carter Brown Library
> Providence, Rhode Island
> Allison_Rich at brown.edu
> ********************************
>
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