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iassist-214	Robbin, Alice; Lacasse, Pierre; Taylor, Marcia; Lasko, Lisa; Bonmariage, Joseph; Nasatir, David; Salley, Dave L.; Middentorp, Cees; Grasso, John; Dodd, Sue A.; Sharma, Mohan; Ruus, Laine G.M.; DeVries, John; Müller, Paul; Harrison, Donald F.; Gammell, William; Morrison, Greg	Action Group Reports	1977	11	.pdf	application/pdf	4235	164	44	Sue Dodd, Data Library, Insitute for Research in Social Sci- ences, Manning Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27514 n^fesist NEWSLETTER vol.1, no. 2 Report of the Joint United States-Canadian Action Groups on Classification (C AG) Submitted by Sue Dodd, University of North Carolina Mohan Sharma, University of Alberta Members Present United States Sue Dodd, Ch, University of North Carolina Nancy Carmichael, Center for Social Indicators, Social Science Research Center, Washington, D.C. Debra Powell, DUALabs, Washington, D.C. Canada Mohan Sharma, Ch, University of Alberta Elliot M. Avedon, University of Waterloo Sharon Chappie Henry, Data Clearing House for the Social Sciences Agenda topics for the C AG included (1) discussion of useful areas of concern and future coordination of tasks between US and Canadian AG members; (2) review of cataloguing efforts to date and discussion of any or all problems concerned with cataloguing tasks, including a review and discussion of the Working rianual for Cataloguing Machine-Readable Data Files [MRDF] compiled by Sue Dodd; (3) discus- sion of the ramifications of MRDF catalogue records, such as the national union list of social science data; shared cataloguinn; cataloouina-in-production; the MARC II record as a standard format for storing automated bibliographic records of data files and its flexibility for an expanded record of information which would resemble a data abstract or study description; network interactive systems among data centers and libraries; and, an on-line search and retrieval system for the expanded MARC Il-type record; (4) practical exercise in applying subject headings and descriptors for several large and uniguely held data sets, with a view towards compilina the beginning of the thesaurus or authority list of social science terms for data files; (5) discussion of existina printed and other avail- able thesauri or authority lists in the social sciences, and a review of them in terms of future applications to data files; (6) discussion of the lack of adequate subject headings and sub-headings currently provided by the Library of Congress for social science data files, with a view toward providing constructive recom- mendations. However, it will attempt, in so far as possible, to provide guidance in this area and to share experiences gained from C AG associated projects to be carried out by members within their respec- tive institutions.	cache/iassist-214.pdf	txt/iassist-214.txt