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The following items include news about the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate and announcements about new information on this site.

2008

December

• Timeline and Plan for the Next Five Library of Congress Genre/Form Projects
• Library of Congress to Implement Moving Image and Radio Program Genre/Form Headings in New Cataloging

October

• 10/24/08: Genre/Form Headings: General Information
• 10/02/08: New Name and Email Address for CPSO

September

• 09/08/08: Genre/Form Headings: Frequently Asked Questions

July

• 07/14/08: Moving Image Genre/Form Project Report

May

• 05/15/08: Non-Latin Script Data in Name Authority Records: General Information

April

• 04/30/08: Library of Congress Rare Book Team Now Using DCRM(B)
• 04/09/08: Genre/Form Headings for Radio Programs

February

• 02/19/08: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues
• 02/05/08: Updates to Standard Citation Forms for Rare Book Cataloging

January

• 01/09/08: White Paper: Issues Related to Non-Latin Characters in Name Authority Records
• 01/03/08: What They Don't Teach in Library School: Competencies, Education, and Employer Expectations for a Career in Cataloging
• 01/03/08: LC Decisions on Application of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (PDF, 74 KB)

2007

October

• 10/16/07: Non-Latin Characters in Name Authority Records (PDF, 17 KB)

August

• 8/21/07: LC Cataloging of Non-Roman Script Materials in a Post-RLIN World (PDF, 79 KB)
• 8/15/07: Genre/Form Authority Records

May

• 5/31/07: CONSER Standard Record

March

• 3/20/07: "AACR2 Compatible" Headings (PDF, 247 KB)

February

• 2/22/07: New Sound Recording Formats (PDF, 461 KB)
• 2/14/07: Revision of LCRI 22.2 for Composers and Perfomers
• 2/13/07: RSS Feeds for LCSH and LCC Weekly Lists
• 2/1/07: CONSER Standard Record Delayed

January

• 1/4/07: New Web Site for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access

2006

November

• 11/02/06: Free PDF Updates to Cataloging and MARC 21 Format Documentation

October

• 10/31/06: New Format for Classification Weekly Lists (PDF, 81KB)

June

• 6/26/06: Revision of LCRI C.8 on Ordinal Numerals
• 6/1/06: Series at the Library of Congress

May

• 5/22/06: Revision of LCRI 22.1B
• 5/16/06: Library of Congress Implementation of New MARC 21 Data Elements
  in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records
• 5/12/06: Descriptive Cataloging Guidelines for Pre-Meiji Japanese Books (PDF - 700KB)
• 5/4/06: Series Treatment Decision Delayed

March

• 3/21/06: Unicode Implementation at the Library of Congress: Cataloging Policy Position

February

• 2/27/06: Notes on the Design of Subclasses KBM and KBP
• 2/5/06: LC Policy on the Implementation of Revised LCRI 22.17

January

• 1/12/06: Headings for Tribes Recognized by the U.S. Government