Past ABC Committee Projects

2015-2016: Slavic Cataloging Manual Task Force

Go to the SLAVIC CATALOGING MANUAL (2016)

The Task Force was charged with:

• reviewing the Slavic Cataloging Manual to determine what needs to be updated to accommodate RDA
• identifying other areas for review
• adding new content

Documents from the work of the Task Force include:

• 2016 SCM Final Report (attached also below) prepared by Larisa Walsh and delivered at ABC meeting at ALA Annual Conference 2016 in Orlando.
• 2015 SCM Preliminary Report (attached also below) prepared by Larisa Walsh and delivered at ABC meeting at ALA Annual Conference 2015 in San-Francisco.

Task Force Members:

Larisa Walsh (University of Chicago) - Chair

Geoff Husic (University of Kansas) - Webmaster

Mel Bach (Cambridge University)

Jackie Byrd (Indiana University)

Kali Collins (Library of Congress)

Heghine Hakobyan (University of Oregon)

Joe Lenkart (University of Illinois)

Muzhgan Nazarova (Duke University)

Christina Peter (Frick Arts Library)

Kay Sinnema (Library of Congress)

Masha Stepanova (Miami University)

Zsuzsanna Varga (Oxford University)

Task Force Consultants:

Diana Brooking (University of Washington)

Barbara Dash (Library of Congress)

Inna Gudanets (Stanford University)

Inna Kandarasheva (Columbia University)

Lesley Pitman (University College London)

2014: Slavic Cataloging Manual Update Survey

• Survey Background and Summary
• Survey responses

2013: New Romanization Table for Rusyn Language

• Rusyn Table
• References

2013: ABC comments on Proposed Revision of the LC Bulgarian, Serbian, and Macedonian Romanization Tables

• ABC Comments (see below, 2013_Bulg_mac_serb_tables_ABCcomments.pdf)

2011: ABC recommends changes to the LC Belarusian Romanization Table

• Full proposal (see below, 2011_BelarusRomTable_proposal.pdf
• Proposed revisions to table (see below, 2010_BelarusRomTable_revised.pdf)

2011: ABC Comments on LC’s Draft Procedural Guidelines for Proposed New or Revised Romanization Tables

• ABC Comments (see below, 2010_DraftProceduralGuidelines.pdf)

2010: ABC conducted a survey to assess the need for a Slavic SACO funnel project.

• Survey questions (see below, 2010_SACOFunnelSurveyForm.pdf)
• Survey results (see below, 2010_SACOFunnelSurveyResults.pdf)

2010: ABC forms a Task Force on Slavic Cataloging Manual and Pre-Revolutionary Orthography.

• Task Force (see below, 2010_SlavCatManOrthographyTaskForce.pdf

2009: ABC Comments on the Draft PCC Guidelines on Cataloging in Multiple Scripts

• ABC Comments (see below, 2009_CommentsPCCMultipleScriptsDraft.pdf)

2003: ABC investigated the availability and use of vendor supplied records for Slavic and East European language materials.

• Survey questions (see below, 2003_ABCVendorSurveyForm.pdf)
• Survey results (see below, 2003_ABCVendorSurveyResults.pdf)

2001-2003: ABC worked to resolve questions on the definition of Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian languages since the implementation of new LC language codes a few years ago. Here are the Library of Congress's responses to ABC's initial request for clarification and for follow-up concerns.

• Letter, Dated October 8, 2001 to the Library of Congress Requesting Clarification on Cataloging Works in Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian. (see below, 2001_ABCLetter2001.10.08.pdf)
• Reply, Dated May 29, 2002 from the Library of Congress Concerning Guidelines for the Identification of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian. (see below, 2001_ABCLetter2001.10.08.pdf)
• Letter, Dated May 1, 2003 to Ms. Wewerka, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress (see below, 2003_ABCLetter2001.05.01.pdf)
• Reply, Dated September 8, 2003 from the Library of Congress. (see below, 2002_ABCLetter2001.09.08.pdf)
• Library of Congress "Guidelines for the Identification of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian (Preliminary Draft." (see below, 2003_ABCLetter2001.05.01.pdf)