2016 |
02/24/2016 |
Changes to MDS-Serials File (PDF, 35 KB) |
2014 |
12/15/2014 |
Update on Phase Three of RDA Changes to Name Authority Records (PDF 30 KB) |
12/01/2014 |
Phase Three of RDA Changes to Name Authority Records Begins (PDF 328 KB) |
10/23/2014 |
Phase Three of RDA Changes to Name Authorities Records (PDF 33 KB) |
06/12/2014 |
Undistributed Bibliographic Records (PDF 13 KB) |
04/04/2014 |
Problem with Distribution of Bibliographic Records (PDF 19 KB) |
2013 |
04/02/2013 |
Increased Bibliographic Record Distribution to Begin in April 2013 (PDF 289 KB) |
03/20/2013 |
Increased Bibliographic Record Distribution Resulting From RDA Name Authority Changes (PDF 115 KB) |
03/05/2013 |
Phase Two Begins for RDA Changes to Name Authority Records (PDF 114 KB) |
2012 |
10/01/2012 |
American Mathematical Society Pilot Becomes Permanent (PDF 49 KB) |
09/27/2012 |
Conversion of Older Authentication Codes (PDF 48 KB) |
08/01/2012 |
MDS Bibliographic and Authority Files from July 2012 Corrected and Re-Posted (PDF 10 KB) |
07/17/2012 |
More About RDA Changes to Name Authority Records (PDF 128 KB) |
04/25/2012 |
Advance Notice: RDA Changes to Name Authority Records (PDF 91 KB) |
02/06/2012 |
Non-Latin Data in Subject Authority Records (PDF 99 KB) |
2011 |
11/02/2011 |
Subjects Authorities Distribution Error (PDF 287 KB) |
05/27/2011 |
Subject Authority Records Enhanced with Geographic Coordinates (PDF 95 KB) |
05/03/2011 |
Changes to Subject Heading and Classification MDS Products (PDF 29 KB) |
2010 |
12/22/2010 |
Reissuing Genre/Form Authority Records (PDF 21 KB) |
12/21/2010 |
LC Will Not Change "Dept." to "Department" at This Time (PDF 27 KB) |
09/29/2010 |
LC ILS Upgrade Impact on MDS (PDF 13 KB) |
08/17/2010 |
Mongolian Cataloging Project (PDF 21 KB) |
08/12/2010 |
Pilot Project: AMS Subject Terms in CIP Records (PDF 21 KB) |
06/29/2010 |
New Bibliographic and Authority Elements, and Name Authority Testing (PDF 420 KB) |
05/26/2010 |
Subject Headings for Cooking and Cookbooks (PDF 120 KB) |
04/21/2010 |
Library of Congress Policy Statements (PDF 103 KB) |
04/19/2010 |
Name Authority Records Enhanced with Geographic Coordinates (PDF 108 KB) |
2009 |
12/07/2009 |
Seeding MDS-Serials Records with ISSN-L (PDF 101 KB) |
12/07/2009 |
Changes to Copyright Serial Registrations (PDF 104 KB) |
06/22/2009 |
Upcoming Record Cleaning Projects (PDF 77 KB) |
05/22/2009 |
New Bibliographic Record Elements (PDF 33 KB) |
2008 |
12/09/2008 |
Conversion of Obsolete Language Codes (PDF 96 KB) |
06/10/2008 |
New Character Sets in MDS-Books (PDF 120 KB) |
05/12/2008 |
Non-Latin Data in Name Authority Records (PDF 103 KB) |
04/11/2008 |
Availability of 2007 Retrospective Files for Distribution to MDS Customers (PDF 99 KB) |
02/19/2008 |
Distribution of Subject Authority Records for Validation Purposes (PDF 102 KB) |
02/14/2008 |
Name Authority Record Cleanup Projects (PDF 100 KB) |
2007 |
11/19/2007 |
New Character Sets in MDS-Maps, MDS-Music, MDS-Visual Materials, and MDS-Computer Files (PDF 99 KB) |
09/27/2007 |
Regarding Pricing on Bulk Access to Copyright Cataloging Information |
09/11/2007 |
Problem with Extended Arabic Characters (PDF 17 KB) |
08/16/2007 |
MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records (PDF 44 KB) |
07/09/2007 |
Distribution of Integrating Resource Records in MDS-Serials (PDF 19 KB) |
06/21/2007 |
Change in Practice for Spacing in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Language Bibliographic Records (PDF 21 KB) |
05/25/2007 |
Distribution of Subject Authority Records for Validation Purposes (PDF 36 KB) |
04/23/2007 |
Genre/Form Subject Authority Records (155) in MDS-Subject Authorities (PDF 25 KB) |
04/20/2007 |
Increase in Encoding Level from Prepublication Status No Longer Available |
01/30/2007 |
Conversion of CONSER Encoding Level 4 Records (PDF 25 KB) |
2006 |
11/17/2006 |
Discontinuance of MDS-NUCMC (PDF 17 KB) |
11/09/2006 |
Discontinuance of MDS-HLAS (PDF 17 KB) |
11/01/2006 |
Discontinuance of the CDS Alert Service (PDF 17 KB) |
11/01/2006 |
Merging of MDS-Books Arabic with MDS-Books All (PDF 17 KB) |
11/01/2006 |
Merging of MDS-Books CJK with MDS-Books All (PDF 17 KB) |
11/01/2006 |
Merging of MDS-Books Hebrew with MDS-Books All (PDF 17 KB) |
11/01/2006 |
MDS-Books All to Contain JACKPHY Records (PDF 17 KB) |
07/17/2006 |
Changes to Copyright Records (PDF 17 KB) |
05/31/2006 |
New Character Sets in MDS-Serials Records |
04/24/2006 |
MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records (PDF 26 KB) |
02/06/2006 |
Name Authority Records Enhanced with Geographic Data |
2005 |
10/25/2005 |
LC ILS Upgrade Impact on MDS |
10/12/2005 |
MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records |
03/10/2005 |
Distribution of "OCLC Replacement Records": A Subset of PREMARC Records |
01/18/2005 |
Machine-generated Contents Notes |
2004 |
07/22/2004 |
MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records |
06/23/2004 |
LC Plan to Accommodate 13-Digit ISBN |
2003 |
10/01/2003 |
Summaries for Nonfiction Juvenile Titles Suspended Indefinitely |
04/28/2003 |
Field 017 No Longer Supplied for Maps Records |
02/25/2003 |
Records for Copyright Paperback Collection |
02/19/2003 |
MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records |
2002 |
11/18/2002 |
Field 072 No Longer Supplied for Maps Records |
11/08/2002 |
Changes in MDS Effective January 2003 |
06/13/2002 |
MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records |
03/26/2002 |
Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources and Description Conventions |
03/12/2002 |
Additions to the MARC Code List for Languages |
2001 |
12/01/2001 |
Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions |
11/27/2001 |
New MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic Records |
11/20/2001 |
Subject Headings that Include the Term Handicapped |
11/20/2001 |
Name Authority Records with Field 053 Indicator Values |
10/09/2001 |
CDS to Cease MDS Tapes and Cartridges in Favor of FTP |
05/22/2001 |
New MARC 21 Data Elements in LC Bibliographic and Authority Records |
03/27/2001 |
CONSER Publication Pattern Records |
03/13/2001 |
Converted Pinyin Bibliographic Records Distributed via MDS-Books |
2000 |
12/19/2000 |
Improved MDS File Names |
12/06/2000 |
African American Subject Headings |
12/05/2000 |
First of the Converted Pinyin Bibliographic Records Distributed |
09/25/2000 |
Changes to MDS Services Regarding Records for Electronic Resources |