Future of Bibliographic Control

The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control will present its draft report on 13 November 2007. The group studied "the future of bibliographic description in the 21st century in light of advances in search engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources."

An October 30th press release from the Library of Congress provides details:

After a year of careful and comprehensive study, the group will present its draft report to Library of Congress managers and staff in the Coolidge Auditorium at 1:30 pm EST on Nov. 13. A live webcast will allow librarians around the country to view the presentation, and a comment period on the draft report will open immediately following the presentation and last until Dec. 15, 2007. ...
...Information on the Working Group and its findings is available at www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/. The webcast will be available from that address on November 13.

SLA's Information Center Director John Latham represented SLA on the working group.