A lively meeting was had by all (at least 46 signed in). Marie Whited gave her SAC report with the news that HM, K, KD, KE, KF, KJV, and all K schedule form tables are in revision. Various SAC subcommittees are looking at form headings, subfield v (genre terms), OPAC display of authority records, and Metadata and Dublin Core.

There was a reflective discussion about the future form and format of the Round Table. Next year’s programming includes unscheduled discussion times. This may help when we have much to talk about, and our programs are rejected. There seemed to be agreement that the Round Table should not be used for leftovers from the Committee meeting. We could have smaller discussion groups with a facilitator and/or subcommittes like ALA does.

Vendors should be approached on implementing 781, $v etc. As long as they and we are at the Meeting, it’s a good time to speak directly to them.

Ann Sitkin spoke a bit on seriality, a concept that comes out of the 1997 Toronto conference and could cover all kinds of ongoing entities. Adele Hallam’s looseleaf cataloging manual could serve as a starter for description that would be incorporated into AACR2 revisions.

There was a question on how public services feel about URLs in records and cataloging electronic titles in general. The answer was a mixed bag. Some love it; some hate it and can’t understand why we want it. A related question was raised on policy for deciding which titles to catalog and which to merely add as a link on web pages. Maintenance procedures for URLs have not been resolved and there is talk that OCLC is not maintaining PURLS , so should we even put in 856s?

There was no unanimity on who should do maintenance for serials and continuations, e.g. publisher changes. It’s important to train serials check-in staff to watch for changes.

The new and then the old attendees introduced themselves; it was good to see a real mix of the two.

Marie Whited suggested we should make more use of the TS list (listserv@aall.wuacc.edu) which is especially for law people. Rhonda Lawrence thought that a phone call is sometimes quicker.