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19 December 2006

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Filed under: Library of Congress — William Denton @ 7:09 am

The Library of Congress has formed the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, or, as we’ll call them for short, the WoGroFuBiCo.

FRBR will be one of the things they look at and think about. The group is to “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.” One of the members of the group is Olivia Madison, who was chair of the FRBR group when their report was written.