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The moment of truth is here. Deanna Marcum has just responded [pdf] to On the Record: Report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control.

A letter from Deanna Marcum was just posted to the AUTOCAT list. It provides the joint statement of the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library on Resource Description and Access.

A letter from Deanna Marcum was just posted to the AUTOCAT list. It provides the joint statement of the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library on Resource Description and Access.

In his response to the LC Working Group report, Thomas Mann insists that the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are still a useful, essential tool in the serious scholar's arsenal of information-seeking resources. I don't agree with Mann on every point. And I'm a lot more sanguine about LCSH as a discovery tool on the Web.

In his response to the LC Working Group report, Thomas Mann insists that the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are still a useful, essential tool in the serious scholar's arsenal of information-seeking resources. I don't agree with Mann on every point. And I'm a lot more sanguine about LCSH as a discovery tool on the Web.

Over on the website for the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control they've posted the testimony submitted by institutions and individuals. Should make for some interesting reading as we patiently wait for LC's official response to the Working Group's recommendations.

Over on the website for the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control they've posted the testimony submitted by institutions and individuals. Should make for some interesting reading as we patiently wait for LC's official response to the Working Group's recommendations.

Thomas Mann responses to the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control report in his new paper: "On the Record" but Off the Track [pdf]. This 38-page paper is a must-read for the future of cataloging debate.

Thomas Mann responses to the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control report in his new paper: "On the Record" but Off the Track [pdf]. This 38-page paper is a must-read for the future of cataloging debate.