PCC URIs in MARC Pilot

In 2019, the PCC launched a URIs in MARC Pilot to engage metadata practitioners in formally applying techniques to further the PCC’s linked data transition.  In the years prior to 2019, several PCC task groups and committees had been laying the groundwork for practical implementation of linked data:
 
PCC Linked Data Advisory Committee
PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO
PCC Task Group on URIs in MARC
PCC Task Group on Linked Data Best Practices
PCC ISNI Pilot
 
Other PCC groups, including the Standing Committees, were also looking at linked data topics.

The URIs in MARC Pilot was a logical outgrowth of this groundwork.

Much of the work on linked data is in response to the PCC Strategic Directions 2018-2021, specifically Strategic Direction 3, Apply understanding of linked data, and Strategic Direction 4, Accelerate the movement toward ubiquitous identifier creation and identity management and the network level. As a result of the efforts of various PCC groups, resources available to catalogers now include a set of recommendations outlined in the Final Report of the PCC Task Group on Linked Data Best Practices, and in the FAQ and Formulating URIs documents developed by the PCC URI Task Group on URIs in MARC. In addition, in 2020, the authorities subgroup of the URIs in MARC Pilot created a document with best practices on recording URIs in the 024 field of NACO Authority Records.

The PCC URIs in MARC Pilot tested and developed PCC best practices for some of the areas the Linked Data Best Practices Group had identified, and some of the topics addressed in the FAQ developed by the PCC URI Task Group on URIs in MARC:

1. Use of RWO URIs vs traditional library identifiers
2. Use of identifiers from traditional as well as nontraditional sources
3. How to record alternative identifiers from multiple sources
4. Preference among vocabulary sources
5. Use of the 024 field in NACO authority records to end the temporary moratorium on adding 024 fields 
6. Implications for local and shared practice
7. Other use cases

Pilot members worked with bibliographic records and/or authority records. The bibliographic work was done in participants’ local systems, or WorldCat, or both. Pilot participants were drawn mostly from PCC institutions or partner communities. 

Reports of subfield $0 and $1 editing activity in non-local environments (shared files) was obtained during the initial months of the pilot and was used to identify any policy issues that need discussion in the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO. 

The PCC URIs in MARC Pilot had immediate oversight and guidance from the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO, with consultative roles by the Linked Data Advisory Committee, the Standing Committee on Standards, and OCLC.

Much of the exploration the PCC has done on linked data is now open to PCC members at the practitioner level, to continue to chart a PCC path forward into a linked data future. We have seen growing interest in this type of work in recent times. For example, members from the former PCC ISNI Pilot are already applying linked data concepts in their work.

Example records from the PCC URIs in MARC Pilot:

Bibliographic:

020 ## ǂa 9780810130586 ǂq (paperback ; ǂq acid-free paper)
020 ## ǂa 0810130580 ǂq (paperback ; ǂq acid-free paper)
041 1# ǂa eng ǂh fre
042 ## ǂa pcc
050 00 ǂa PQ3949.C44 ǂb T713 2015
082 04 ǂa 842.914 ǂ2 23
100 1# ǂa Césaire, Aimé, ǂe author. ǂ4 http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60434 ǂ1 http://viaf.org/viaf/109520593
240 10 ǂa Tragédie du roi Christophe. ǂl English ǂ1 http://viaf.org/viaf/309970779
245 14 ǂa The tragedy of King Christophe : ǂb a play / ǂc Aimé Césaire ; translated and with an introduction by Paul Breslin and Rachel Ney.
264 #1 ǂa Evanston, Illinois : ǂb Northwestern University Press, ǂc [2015]
300 ## ǂa li, 138 pages ; ǂc 20 cm.
336 ## ǂa text ǂb txt ǂ2 rdacontent ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt
337 ## ǂa unmediated ǂb n ǂ2 rdamedia ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n
338 ## ǂa volume ǂb nc ǂ2 rdacarrier ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc
386 ## ǂa Martinicans ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2015060794
386 ## ǂa Men ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2015060359
490 1# ǂa Northwestern world classics
504 ## ǂa Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138).
520 ## ǂa Set in a period of upheaval in Haiti after the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1806, it follows the historical figure of Henri Christophe, a slave who rose to become a general in Toussaint Louverture's army.
600 00 ǂa Henri Christophe, ǂc King of Haiti, ǂd 1767-1820 ǂv Drama.
600 07 ǂa Henri Christophe, ǂc King of Haiti, ǂd 1767-1820. ǂ2 fast ǂ0 (OCoLC)fst00018977 ǂ0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00018977
655 #7 ǂa Historical drama. ǂ2 lcgft ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026369 ǂ1 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5774663
655 #7 ǂa Historical drama. ǂ2 fast ǂ0 (OCoLC)fst1726464 ǂ0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1726464
700 1# ǂa Breslin, Paul, ǂe translator. ǂ4 http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60385 ǂ1 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q121821694
700 1# ǂa Ney, Rachel, ǂe translator. ǂ4 http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60385 ǂ1 http://viaf.org/viaf/311474893
700 1# ǂi Translation of: ǂa Césaire, Aimé. ǂt Tragédie du roi Christophe. ǂ4 http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60244 ǂ1 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3213232
830 #0 ǂa Northwestern world classics. ǂ1 http://viaf.org/viaf/184975784

Name authority:

010 ## ǂa n  79003327
040 ## ǂa DLC ǂb eng ǂe rda ǂc DLC ǂd DLC ǂd NmU ǂd OCoLC ǂd DLC ǂd CSt ǂd NN ǂd IEN ǂd DLC ǂd NN ǂd WaU
024 7# ǂa 29780 ǂ2 fast ǂ0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/29780
024 7# ǂa 0000000121474035 ǂ2 isni ǂ1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000121474035
024 7# ǂa 109520593 ǂ2 viaf ǂ1 http://www.viaf.org/viaf/109520593
024 7# ǂa Q223955 ǂ2 wikidata ǂ1 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q223955
024 7# ǂa E39PBJbxHbJtPBxHdgqMdprcyd ǂ2 worldcat ǂ1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbxHbJtPBxHdgqMdprcyd
046 ## ǂf 1913-06-26 ǂg 2008-04-17 ǂ2 edtf
053 #0 ǂa PQ3949.C44
100 1# ǂa Césaire, Aimé
368 ## ǂc Martinicans ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2015060794
368 ## ǂc French ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2015060737
370 ## ǂa Basse-Pointe (Martinique) ǂ2 naf ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91052751 ǂ1 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n91052751
370 ## ǂb Fort-de-France (Martinique) ǂ2 naf ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82000743 ǂ1 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n82000743
370 ## ǂc France ǂ2 naf ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404 ǂ1 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79006404
370 ## ǂe Fort-de-France (Martinique) ǂ2 naf ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82000743 ǂ1 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n82000743
370 ## ǂf Martinique ǂ2 naf ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80010444 ǂ1 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n80010444
372 ## ǂa Poetry ǂ2 lcgft ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481
372 ## ǂa Drama ǂ2 lcgft ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026297
372 ## ǂa Negritude (Literary movement) ǂ2 lcsh ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002130
373 ## ǂa Parti progressiste martiniquais ǂ2 naf ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86871101 ǂ1 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n86871101
374 ## ǂa Poets ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2016060301
374 ## ǂa Playwrights ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2016060418
374 ## ǂa Dramatists ǂ2 lcsh ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039342
374 ## ǂa Politicians ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2015060363
374 ## ǂa Mayors ǂ2 lcdgt ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms/dg2022060052
377 ## ǂa fre ǂ0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/fre
378 ## ǂq Aimé Fernand David
400 1# ǂa Césaire, A. ǂq (Aimé)
670 ## ǂa Les armes miraculeuses, 1946.
670 ## ǂa La negritudine in Italia, c1995: ǂb t.p. (A. Césaire)
670 ## ǂa LC files ǂb (b. 1913)
670 ## ǂa Notebook of a return to my native land, 1995: ǂb title page (Aimé Césaire) page 4 of cover (born 1913 in Basse-Pointe, Martinique)
670 ## ǂa French Wikipedia, April 17, 2008 ǂb (Aimé Césaire; full name: Aimé Fernand David Césaire; born June 26, 1913, Basse-Pointe, Martinique; died April 17, 2008, Fort-de-France, Martinique; French poet and politician; one of the founders of the negritude literary movement; in 1958 he founded the Parti Progressiste Martiniquais)
670 ## ǂa The tragedy of King Christophe, 2015: ǂb title page (Aimé Césaire; a play) page xi (founder, with Léopold Sédar Senghor, of the négritude movement; poet; served as central Martinique's representative in the French National Assembly, as well as mayor of Martinique's capital, Fort-de-France; in addition to his poetry and political writings, published four plays) page 4 of cover (1913-2008; Martiniquan poet, author, and politician)

Last update: August 25, 2023