[DCRM-L] Tomorrow - RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee virtual meeting

[Jamie Elizabeth Cumby]

Dear colleagues,

The RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee's autumn 2026 virtual meeting will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, 21 October, 10 am PDT / 11 am MDT / 12 pm CDT / 1 pm EDT / 1 pm AST / 6 pm BST (What time is that for me?<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=RBMS+Bibliographic+Standards+Committee+Meeting&iso=20261021T13&p1=179&ah=2>). The agenda<https://hdl.handle.net/11213/24805> follows and can be downloaded via the link provided. Please note that the documents linked here and below are in the ALA Institutional Repository, so there will be an intermediate step between clicking the link and downloading the document.


  1.  Welcome and announcements
  2.  Review of draft minutes from the BSC virtual meeting on June 10, 2026  (Arielle Rambo) (bibstandminutes26adraft<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g6Jzd6ILnofLV0KlebFppU2w7XRoxcZNDzXkHUEqgrk/edit?usp=sharing>)
  3.  Reports on BSC activities (about 10 minutes each)

        *   MARC Advisory Committee (Matthew Haugen) (PDF<https://hdl.handle.net/11213/24797>)

           *   See BSC Connect: MARC discussion papers for committee review<https://connect.ala.org/acrl/discussion/marc-discussion-papers-for-committee-review>

           *   Discussion and possible BSC vote on BSC authorship of two discussion papers:

              *   Revisions to field 545 (Biographical or historical data)<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GzKGi6efghjovnfK37UWwH5NK4idwGMHpCg60mcZ8Bw/edit?usp=sharing>
              *   Expanding the Definition of subfield $3 (Materials specified)<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g5HnCW7_DS2sXCVpavmWhkX-6gtUXMwfWVQu6RpumK0/edit?usp=sharing>

        *   Program Planning Group (Benjamin Eskin Shapson) (PDF<https://hdl.handle.net/11213/24799>)

        *   OCLC (Kate James) (PDF<https://hdl.handle.net/11213/24804>)

        *   Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (Jessica Grzegorski) (PDF<https://hdl.handle.net/11213/24798>)

  1.  Chairs' report (PDF<https://hdl.handle.net/11213/24796>)

        *   Report contains a discussion of possible adjustments to BSC meeting duration and cadence, with an invitation for comment from the BSC community.

All are welcome, but attendees must register in advance: Register here<https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/Oqh8UCojRiKmhsXxPvZ5JQ>

Automated transcription should be turned on for this meeting, but do not hesitate to ask the host to turn it on if this was neglected. Please contact Jamie Cumby (jcumby at grolierclub.org<mailto:jcumby at grolierclub.org>) in advance of the meeting with any accessibility accommodation requests or questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Jamie & Amy
BSC co-chairs


Jamie Cumby, PhD, MLIS
Ruth S. Granniss Librarian
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-838-6690
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