Slavic & East  European Section 

Automated

Bibliographic 

Control Committee

 

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ABC

Automated Bibliographic Control

Studies and disseminates information about cataloging and classification of Slavic and East European materials in the online environment

 

ACTIVITIES

 

·         2011 – ABC recommends changes to the LC Belarusian Romanization Table

 

Full Proposal by the Task Force

 

Revised Belarusian Table (Proposed)

                                                  

 

·         2010 - ABC Comments on LC’s Draft Procedural Guidelines for Proposed New or Revised Romanization Tables.

 

The Draft Procedural Guidelines can be viewed here.

 

 

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

Survey questions

Survey summary

 

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

 

·         2009 - ABC Comments on the Draft PCC Guidelines on Cataloging in Multiple Scripts.

The Draft PCC Guidelines can be viewed here. (PDF)

 

 

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

Survey questions

Survey results

 

·         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 here...

Reply, Dated May 29, 2002 from the Library of Congress Concerning Guidelines for the Identification of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian here...

Letter, Dated May 1, 2003 to Ms. Wewerka, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress here...

Reply, Dated September 8, 2003 from the Library of Congress            here...

Library of Congress "Guidelines for the Identification of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian (Preliminary Draft)"                                       here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated July 2010 by Brenda Carter.