Minutes of Meeting: Cataloguing Section, 24 August 2021

Abstract

Minutes of the IFLA Cataloguing Section Standing Committee Business Meeting II, held virtually via Zoom on 24 August 2021. The meeting reviewed feedback from WLIC 2021, noting the success of the open session on entity management and the challenges of virtual conferencing. The committee discussed the 2021–2023 Action Plan, focusing on four strategic areas: maintaining consistency of standards, developing a white paper on metadata librarian competencies, advancing entity management, and promoting international standardization. Key initiatives include revisions to ICP and MulDiCat, collaboration with Wikidata/Wikibase, and continued development of the Metadata Newsletter. Concerns were raised about coordination across IFLA bibliographic standards. Reports from liaison representatives and updates on the new IFLA website and repository were shared. Plans were made for an October meeting to finalize the action plan and discuss WLIC 2022 proposals.