The Committee held meetings at both the Midwinter and Annual meetings. This report summarizes discussions and actions taken at both meetings.

CC:DA heard updates from a number of Task Force Groups and Representatives from other groups involved in issues of interest to the Committee. A common thread running through much of the discussions, particularly at the New York Annual Meeting, were a cautious approach to many problems in the rules because of the upcoming Conference on cataloging principles, a reluctance to initiate any recommendations for rule revisions until after this Conference, and the recognition of the impact of electronic resources on all aspects of librarianship. A brief summary of some of the discussions follows.

» ALCTS Task Force to Define Bibliographic Access in the Electronic Environment: Jennifer Younger, Chair, noted that this group has been charged "to lead the way in defining access and bibliographic control mechanisms for information in electronic form, and communicating that mechanism to users." CCDA discussion centered on the role librarians should play in influencing how electronic data is described and accessed, a role now controlled more by the computer industry than by librarians. Possible actions are for librarians to attend more computer conferences, develop more contacts with people in the industry, organizing a joint conference, appoint a task group to examine the Dublin core data set, and having joint meetings with Marbi to discuss issues of common concern. The Task Force has a Web site where minutes and working documents can be viewed at: www.lib.virginia.edu/alcts.

» CC:DA Task Force on Cataloging Conference Proceedings: This group is examining Rule 21.1B2 and considering the possibility of dropping the word "prominently" in determining what constitutes a named conference, and also looking to define what constitutes a named conference.

» CC:DA Task Force on Rules for Music Moving Image Materials, and CC:DA Task Force on Works Intended for Performance: Both these groups are examining the rules for entry of musical works of mixed responsibility and the rules that cause conflicting interpretations on what constitutes authorship. The root of the problem lies in differing views on the nature of authorship and differences in defining a "work" versus a "manifestation".

» CC:DA Task Force on Distribution of CC:DA Documents: This group is working on recommendations for changes to CC:DA document distribution policies and procedures. Primarily it will develop plans for a website, recommend which documents to distribute, determine how to label them, examine issues of maintenance, archiving and timeliness. The website under construction is currently accessible from the ALCTS home page. Currently available at the site are the documents "How to Submit a Rule Change Proposal", and a pamphlet about CC:DA and its work.

» Report on Electronic AACR2: David Epstein from ALA publishing reported at Midwinter on the progress for issuing an electronic version of AACR2. The SGML markup is complete and plans are moving ahead to publish using FolioViews software. AACR-E will be comprised of the 1988 version, the 1993 amendments, and subsequent JSC approved revisions. The ALA version will be the archival version, with JSC (Joint Steering Committee for Revision of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules) approval. There will also be a commercial version, and a paper version. CC:DA members expressed concern about the synchronicity between the electronic and paper versions; the former is easily updatable, but the paper is not. Another concern was the cost of the electronic version. ALA hopes to issue the product early in 1997.

» Report on the Guidelines for Bibliographic Description of Interactive Multimedia - Laurel Jizba: The Guidelines need revision. In particular, the GMD needs to be changed, corrections need to be made, and other changes resulting from format integration need to be incorporated.

» Report from OCLC Representative - Glenn Patton: The Internet Cataloging project officially terminated on June 30th, with the end of its funding. Participants are encouraged to continue their cataloging efforts. A final report on the Project is due September 30th. OCLC also reported that it has held a number of meetings with representatives from Germany and Russia with the goal of harmonizing cataloging rules between these countries and AACR2, and developing a common MARC format.

» Report from the Library of Congress Representative - Barbara Tillett: The Representative gave a lengthy and detailed report of news from LC. Some of the highlights are:

-The Cataloging Distribution Service had its budget cut in half, and consequently must eliminate some of its products. In particular, all CDMARC products will no longer be issued after 1996. The paper versions of cataloging manuals will continue however.

-The British Library will begin sending name authority records to NAF beginning in September.

-A new edition of the Subject Cataloging Manual is being prepared. The new edition will have many more examples.

-All the LC classification schedules are now in MARC format, except for KFA-KFZ which is presenting unusual problems. Schedules KF, M, PL,and Z will be republished soon.

-Development of the Canon law schedule has begun; and revision of the form division tables is under way.

» Report from the ALA Representative to the Joint Steering Committee on Revision of AACR - Brian Schottlaender: The Representative reported on some of the highlights of the just completed JSC meeting and the issues which needed action from CC:DA:

- A proposal to amend Rule 9.0B1 Chief source of information for computer files, to include the first screen of display when there is no title screen and the header to the file is being considered. CC:DA endorsed the proposal.

-LC had proposed a change in the rule form of entry of Vietnamese names, which would drop the comma between surname and forename. This is not common practice in Vietnamese. CC:DA voted not to support this proposal until rules for Chinese and Hungarian names were included and recommended that LC redraft the proposal with their inclusion.

-LC introduced a number of proposals for changes in rules for serials which were recommended by PCC, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. The proposals are 1) to omit titles of related works from the title proper; 2) omission of names, dates and numbers which are likely to change frequently from the title proper; 3) revision of the rule concerning the inclusion of questionable words and phrases in the title proper; and 4) proposes a slight revision to the wording of notes regarding relationships with other serials. CC:DA deferred action until the Serials Cataloging Committee could review the proposals.

-CC:DA approved a proposal to add a list of initial articles which are to be omitted from certain headings as a new Appendix to AACR2.

-CC:DA withdrew its support of the rule revision for cross-references for certain legal headings. This proposal had the support of AALL and the Library of Congress, but had drawn mixed reactions in JSC. This spring three of the five JSC members, British, Canadian, and Australian Library Associations, agreed to postpone any further discussion of this revision until after the International Conference. In view of this decision CC:DA felt it could no longer support the revision at this time.