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as well as the need for and importance of research.  You can read it online at the CCQ web 
site (http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/ccq47nr8.html#editorial) 

What does this mean for you?  Ms. Carlyle suggests several ways that all of us can participate 
in this endeavor: 

 Generate and share inspiring research ideas;  

 Do your own research;  

 Present and publish your research;  

 Encourage and support others doing research (fill out those email surveys);  

 Read research papers and articles on bibliographic control;  

 Organize a research program or other event on bibliographic control at a 
conference you attend;  

 Spread the word—let everyone interested in cataloging, catalogs, metadata, 
bibliographic control of any sort know about it; 

 Attend programs on cataloging research at ALA and other conferences. 
 

Library of Congress Publications Available 
 
On the Record Report Recommendations the Library of Congress Should Pursue 
Over the Next Four Years: Report to the Associate Librarian for Library Services.  (PDF, dated 
September 15, 2009, http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-
future/news/OTR_rep_response_final_091509.pdf)  This report was prepared by the OTR 
Report Implementation Working Group, co-chaired by Regina Reynolds and Bruce Knarr.  
It is a planning document detailing the projects, contingent projects, and areas of 
investigation recommended for action by LC over the next four years.   
 
Library of Congress Study of the North American MARC Records Marketplace. (PDF, dated October 
2009, http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/MARC_Record_Marketplace_2009-
10.pdf) This study was prepared by Ruth Fischer and Rick Lugg of R2 Consulting LLC.  
This forty-seven page study analyzes the results of surveys in order to assess the current 
patterns of creation and distribution of MARC records in the U.S. and Canada with regard 
to economic factors, sufficiency and redundancy of production, and incentives and barriers 
to production.   
 

Selected Articles from Current Library Journals 
 
Baca, Murtha, and Elizabeth O’Keefe. “Sharing Standards and Expertise in the Early 21st 

Century: Moving Toward a Collaborative, ‘Cross-Community’ Model for Metadata 
Creation.” International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control 38, no. 4 (October/December 
2009): 59-67.