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MARC Advisory Committee
(MAC)

Annual Meeting
July 22-23, 2026
Online Meeting

DRAFT AGENDA (June 11, 2026)

Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone (ET) (online meeting)

1. Explanation of meeting protocols and introduction of members
2. Approval of minutes from MAC's February 2026 meeting
3. Discussion of Fast-Track Proposals approved since MAC's February 2026 meeting
4. Proposal No. 2026-05: Recording Container Designation in the 87X Fields of the MARC 21 Holdings Format
5. Proposal No. 2026-06: Defining a New Field for Notated Movement Characteristics in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
6. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP05: Recording Choreographic Medium of Performance in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority Formats
7. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP06: Broadening Field 542 to Record Intellectual Property Disputes in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
8. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP07: Adding an Indicator for Non-preferred Variant Headings in 4XX Fields in the MARC 21 Authority Format
9. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP08: Adding Subfield $5 to Field 340 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
10. Business meeting/Library of Congress report/Other

Thursday, July 23, 2026, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET (online meeting)

1. Continuation of discussion, if needed.

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