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MARC Advisory Committee
(MAC)

Midwinter Meeting
February 18-19, 2026
Online Meeting

DRAFT AGENDA (January 15, 2026; Rev. January 26, 2026 )

Wednesday, February 18, 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 June 2025 meeting
3. Discussion of Fast-Track Proposals approved since MAC's June 2025 meeting
4. Proposal No. 2026-01: Addition of Codes "q" (Serial podcast), "a" (Activity report), and "i" (Serial zine) to Field 008/21 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
5. Proposal No. 2026-02: Additions and Revisions to Accessibility Fields 341 and 532 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
6. Proposal No. 2026-03: Adding Indicators for Preferred Variant Headings in 4XX Fields in the MARC 21 Authority Format
7. Proposal No. 2026-04: Modernization of Field 041 and Field 008/35-37 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
8. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP04: Recording Notated Movement Characteristics in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
9. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP01: Renaming of Subfield $a in Field 041 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
10. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP02: Sign Language and English Alphabetical Order Instructions in Fields 008/35-37 and 041 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
11. Discussion Paper No. 2026-DP03: Recording Container Designation in the 87X Fields of the MARC 21 Holdings Format
12. Business meeting/Library of Congress report/Other

Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET (online meeting)

1. Continuation of discussion, if needed.

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