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Library of Congress Report
to
Committee on Technical Processing CEAL
Young Ki Lee Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division Library of Congress
Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division
2007 Statistics
Received
: 53,979 items
Completed
: 61,707 items
Copy cataloging
: 15,376 items
Minimum level cataloging Collection level cataloging
: : 5,202 52 items items
Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division
2007 Statistics
New Name Authorities
: 12,061
New Series Authorities
: 110
Modified Authorities
: 4,406
New Subject Authorities
: 466
Class Numbers Established
: 521
Bibliographic Records Changed
: 7,107
Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division
2007 Statistics
Staff :
73
Working Backlog:
37,132 titles
Production of regular work :
0.58
t/h
Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division
2007 Highlights
Combining Cataloging and Acquisitions (Pilot Project):
Effective Nov. 26, 2007, all 18 African/Asian Acquisition staff members reassigned to RCCD
SRD staff reassigned to RCCD:
several serials catalogers reassigned to RCCD
Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division
2007 Highlights
Transition From RLIN21 to Voyager
RLIN21 ceased: August 2007 Voyager (Library of Congress system) Transliterator
Acquisitions
2007 Highlights
Acquired 1,073,311 (including CJK) pieces
: through purchase, gift, exchange, or transfer from other government agencies
New electronic resources:
included China Times News Database Database of the Chinese Government Asian Geospatial Dataset North Korea’s Newspaper & Journals Database
An official exchange agreement:
with the National Assembly Library of Korea
Acquisitions
2007 Highlights
Acquire digital content
Science materials from Taiwan and for Macau publications
Digital Table of Contents
2007 Highlights
Total production: 86,000 TOCs 28,692 titles added in FY07, including 2,126 Chinese, Japanese and Korean PDFs
242 English summaries: in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean materials.
Bibliographic Data from Vendors
“Bibliographic Services Agreement”
Japan Publications Trading Company (JPTC):
200 monographs in the areas of humanities and social sciences
Kinokuniya:
70 monographs in the area of science and technology
Bibliographic Data from Vendors
China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation (CNPITC)
Initial Bibliographic Control (IBC) records for some Chinese materials
Bibliographic Data from Vendors
Eulyoo Publishing Company
A cooperative agreement for bibliographic services was signed in Oct. 2006. to purchase initial bibliographic control records.
Disrupted by the closure of the RLIN bibliographic utility
Cataloging Policy and Support Office
2007 Highlights
Transition From RLIN21 to Voyager
Change in Practice for Spacing in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Frequently Asked Questions : Cataloging of Nonroman Script Materials at the Library of Congress in a Post-RLIN World
Cataloging Policy and Support Office
2007 Highlights
Non-roman data in Authority records
Discussing with NACO nodes Implementation in April 2008, or later White Paper: Issues Related to Non-Latin Characters in Name Authority Records
CJK script data for non-book materials, such as maps, music, posters, etc
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Cataloging Policy and Support Office
2007 Highlights
LC Classification Schedules
E-F (History: America) H (Social Sciences) M (Music) N (Fine Arts) PN (Literature General) Q (Science) T (Technology)
Classification Web (the official version) is updated daily, overnight
Cataloging Policy and Support Office
2007 Highlights
KNN (Chinese law)
Non-roman script (Chinese) added
Chinese Team
2007 Highlights
Received: 10,716 (-21%) Completed: 12,369 (-3%) Work on hand: 1,340 (-57%) MLC increased 240% to 2,213, including 1,355 microforms South Manchuria Railway Company Collection, Taiwan Election Collection, and the Overseas Chinese Activities Collection “Subject headings and classification: handbook for Chinese catalogers”
Japanese Team
2007 Highlights
Received: 6,809 Completed: (+14%) 8,225 Work on hand: (+40%) 1,142 Cataloged 126 Japanese rare art books selected from “Pre-Meiji Works in the Library”
Processed 1,208 Japanese serial titles from South Manchurian Railroad, published 1909-1944
LC-CEAL Cataloging Internship
Korean/Chinese Team
2007 Highlights
Received: 6,667 (-11%) Completed: 7,639 (+9%) Work on hand: 546 120 titles of Rare Korean religious materials from the late 19 th century and early 20 th century Revision of the Korean romanization and word division guidelines
Reorganization of ABA Directorate (Plan)
Directorate management plan to implement the reorganization at the start of fiscal year 2009