The group working on the PCC Provider Neutral record for electronic
integrating resources has just finished up its recommendations for
guidelines and these will be available publicly this week or next. We'll
make sure this list and other cataloging lists have access to the report
provide for any final comments. In the past when we've asked PCC and
non-PCC catalogers for their opinion on this we've received support for
the idea. So the group recommends a provider neutral approach to
e-integrating resources and we've confirmed that the ISSN Network is
taking such an approach to e-integrating resoruces for ISSN assignments.

The next step is to begin work on PCC guidelines for cataloging
integrating resources, the Provider Neutral group laid the ground work for
some of this with its recommendations for electronic integrating
resources. I hope to get this group up and running within the next week or
so. The main task is to incorporate revisions into Integrating
Resources: A Cataloging Manual
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/irman.pdf

I've already gone through and culled out examples and instructions for the
"interim" monograph approach and removed RLG examples. Things to be
included are the guidelines for the provider neutral approach for e-IRs,
probable options related to the CONSER standard record guidelines,
additional or different examples and other things.

Les Hawkins
CONSER Coordinator
Library of Congress
Washington DC
lhaw@loc.gov
v. 202 707-5185

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Shana L. McDanold wrote:

> Chris,
>
> At the BIBCO/CONSER Operations Meeting in May 2007, we were told a group
> (headed by Peter Fletcher) had been established to look into creating
> guidelines for a "provider neutral" record for electronic integrating
> resources.  These guidelines would be similar to the aggregator neutral
> record for electronic serials.  Lots of questions about continuing to
> create provider specific records for integrating resources since they
> would have to be collapsed into a provider neutral record once the
> guidelines were established, but no answers.
>
> I haven't seen an update about it since then.  At ALA Annual, we were
> told that a task group was formed to update the cataloging guidelines
> (Appendix A of BIBCO Manual, Module 35 of CONSER Cataloging Manual).
>
> Sorry I can't be more helpful.  Does anyone else know of any updates?
>
> Cheers,
> --Shana
>
> Chris Blackman wrote:
> > Is there a provision developed yet that allows us to use a single
> > electronic bib. level i record for A & I databases available from
> > multiple vedors (e.g. like the one used for e-journals from multiple
> > aggregators)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
>
> --
> ----------
> Shana L. McDanold
> Electronic Resources & Serials Cataloging Librarian
> University of Pennsylvania Libraries
> Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
> 3420 Walnut Street
> Philadelphia, PA  19104-6206
> phone: 215-746-0267
> fax: 215-573-9610
> e-mail: mcdanold@pobox.upenn.edu
>