Members and Charge

The Working Group has as its responsibilities:

1. The formulation of policies needed to implement bibliographic, holdings and authorities standards used in the production of bibliographic data in the HUL library catalog, based on MARC21 and North American cataloging standards (e.g. AACR2 in its current edition; Library of Congress Subject Headings, MeSH, and other thesauri; Library of Congress Classification; and OCLC requirements) and informed by both present and anticipated uses of such data.
2. Consideration of bibliographic, holdings, and authorities issues referred to it by University Library units, with recommendations for action as appropriate.
3. Regular consultation with other Harvard groups charged with oversight of other HUL catalogs and public interfaces of HUL bibliographic systems, anticipating possible future repurposing of the data.
4. Review and evaluation of relevant national and local bibliographic standards, both actual and proposed.
5. Oversight of the HUL Bibliographic Standard, which is the statement of bibliographic standards and principles to be followed in the production of bibliographic data for HUL bibliographic systems.
6. Collaboration with the Continuing Resources Working Group (CRWG) on evaluating and setting relevant standards. Due to the complexity of standards relating to continuing resources, it is most effective that CRWG, drawing on specialized expertise in the Harvard community, focuses on those standards specifically. CRWG’s chair serves as a member of the Bibliographic Standards Working Group, bringing forward issues for review between the two groups.
7. Guidance in determining areas in which individual units may make independent treatment decisions.
8. Sponsorship of the presentations of the Cataloging Discussion Group.

Steven Riel, HCL/FAS Cataloging Support Services (Chair)
Corinna Baksik, OIS
Anne Engelhart, Schlesinger Library
Ruth Haas, HCL Technical Services and CONSER Office
Marc McGee, HCL/FAS Cataloging Support Services
Ann Sitkin, Law School Library
Joan Thomas, Countway Library
Bruce Trumble, HCL Technical Services