Future of Bibliographic Control

The Library of Congress has announced a new working group that will discuss the future of bibliographic control:

"Libraries are looking at ways to catalog the avalanche of both print and digital materials that come to them for classification and control, and library managers worldwide recognize the need to examine critically the role of the catalog and its relationship to other methods of finding information. Building on the work and results of the Library's Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium (2001), the new group will:
* 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 toward achieving this vision, and
*Advise the Library of Congress on its role and priorities. "
(News release, accessed 1 December 2006).

For full details, see the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control's webpage.

(Originally posted to the test blog on 01/12/2006 and retained as a useful, live link).