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March 31, 2008 @ 4-5 Pm
"On the Record: Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control "

Diane Boehr
Head of Cataloging
National Library of Medicine

Monday, March 31, 4:00-5:00 pm
Room 2119 Hornbake Building, South Wing

Abstract

In November of 2006, the Library of Congress convened a Working Group to examine the future of bibliographic control in the 21st century.  The Group was charged to present findings on how bibliographic control and other descriptive practices can effectively support management of and access to library materials in the evolving information and technology environment; recommend ways in which the library community can collectively move towards achieving this vision; and advise the Library of Congress on its role and priorities.

On January 9, 2008 the final report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control was released. This presentation will look at the events leading to the formation of the Working Group and the processes used to develop the report, along with the high level recommendations and the specifics particularly relevant to the library education community.

About the speaker

Diane Boehr is the Head of Cataloging at the National Library of Medicine.  She served as the Medical Library Association representative to the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control.  Ms. Boehr received her MLS from the University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Studies in 1983 and served as an adjunct instructor at CLIS from 1993-2006, where she taught a course in Bibliographic Control (LBSC770). 

Ms. Boehr is an active member of ALA, where she has served as a member of the ALCTS Cataloger Education, Training, and Recruitment Committee and chair of the  ALCTS Education Committee, among other positions.  She has been active in metadata and bibliographic standards work, and is currently a member of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Standing Committee on Standards.  She recently co-chaired the group that developed the guidelines for the CONSER standard record (formerly known as the serials access level record).