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Date	News
2023-03-31	Welcome to Bernard Lemieux of the Université de Montréal on the PFAN Standards Committee. As of March 28, 2023, he officially replaces Philippe Brosseau as one of the representatives of the Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec. We warmly thank Philippe for his contribution to the committee.

Last update: 2023-03-31

Additions and changes on the PFAN wiki

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2023

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Date	Page ou titre	Modifications
2023-01-16	Other documentation/Useful External Resources	Added content : Link for Bounding Box Tool
2023-01-18	Name Authority Manual/670	Added content : New example of how to cite a website subpage
2023-01-18	Name Authority Manual/667 Field Examples	Updated content : Editing the note "Date de naissance supprimée de toutes les zones à la demande de l'auteur"
2023-02-14	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)	Added content : FAQ on romanization
2023-03-09	About PFAN/Steering Committee	Added content : Past members section
2023-03-09	About PFAN/Standards Committee	Added content : Past members section
2023-03-09	Other documentation/Procedures for Duplicates	Added content : Details about the number to be provided in 667 note at Step 2, Record to be deleted
2023-04-05	LAC	Added content : Link for LAC Wiki
2023-04-18	About PFAN	Updated content : Clarification of certain principles
2023-05-02	PFAN Policy Statements	Added content : 32.1
2023-05-04	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)/FAQ - General	Added content : Question 7 on related corporate bodies

2022

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Date	Page or title	Modifications
2022-01-21	PFAN Policy Statements	Added content : 16.2.2.2, Sources of information
2022-01-21	Name Authority Manual	Updated content : 370
2022-01-21	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)/FAQ - General	Updated content : Question 4 on changing the authorized access points for an agent's works and expressions.
2022-01-24	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)	Added content : FAQ on geographic names
2022-01-24	Name Authority Manual	Added content : 388
2022-01-24	Name Authority Manual	Updated content : 008/32, 016, 370
2022-01-24	Name Authority Manual/667 Field Examples	Added content : Two new 667 field examples (for undifferentiated name authority records representing a single identity and those undergoing partial modifications)
2022-01-25	Other Documentation	Added content : Procedure for partial modification of records describing works and expressions.
2022-01-25	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)/FAQ - General	Updated content : Question 4 on changing the authorized access points for an agent's works and expressions.
2022-01-26	Name Authority Manual	Updated content : 016
2022-02-09	Name Authority Manual	Updated content : 008/32
2022-03-22	Participant's Manual	Added content : Cross-references (4XX and 5XX)
2022-03-22	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)/FAQ on Canadiana numbers	Added content : Question 4 on obtaining a new list of Canadian numbers
2022-03-22	Other Documentation/Non-exhaustive List of Qualifiers	Added content : Two new terms (Lyrics and Libretto)
2022-03-22	Other Documentation/Romanization	Updated content : Clarifications added for Chinese
2022-03-22	Name Authority Manual	Added content : 385
2022-04-08	About PFAN	Added content : Communications
2022-04-13	About PFAN	Added content : General Principles
2022-04-19	PFAN Policy Statements	Added content : 9.2.2.5.3
2022-04-19	Name Authority Manual - MARC 21 Supplement	Updated content : 022, 024, 046, 335, 375, 384, 385, 386, 4XX, 5XX, 500
2022-04-20	Name Authority Manual - MARC 21 Supplement	Updated content : 510, 511, 530, 551
2022-05-20	Other Documentation/Romanization	Added content : Two new languages (Korean and Japanese)
2022-06-08	Other documentation/Procedures for Duplicates	Updated content : Add an instruction to 035 field in step 2
2022-06-10	Name Authority Manual - MARC 21 Supplement	Updated content : 511, 672
2022-07-15	Name Authority Manual	Updated content : Clarifications added for the Universities Mentoring Project
2022-07-15	Participant's Manual	Added content : Simple 4XX "see" cross-references
2022-07-18	About PFAN	Updated content : Membership of the Steering Committee
2022-08-25	PFAN Policy Statements	Updated content : 9.2.2.5.3.2, Alternative
2022-09-15	About PFAN/Communications	Updated content : New article on PFAN
2022-09-15	PFAN Policy Statements	Added content : 6.2.2.7, Alternative
2022-10-13	Other Documentation/Romanization	Updated content : Addition of romanization tables from BnF (Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian
2022-10-13	Name Authority Manual/388	Updated content : RVM examples are replaced by RVMFAST
2022-11-22	Other documentation/Procedures for Duplicates	Updated content : Clarifications added for the instruction on 035 field in step 2
2022-11-22	Other documentation/Procedure for partial modification of records describing works and expressions	Updated content : Clarifications added on point 3 and example 1
2022-11-22	Name Authority Manual/670	Updated content : Correction of an example
2022-12-09	Other Documentation/Procedures for records derived from LC/NAF	Updated content : Clarification of the example of a 670 field
2022-12-10	Discussion Lists	Added content : New PFAN-MUSIQUE-L discussion list.
2022-12-13	MARC 21 Supplement	Updated content : Added information in different fields.
2022-12-14	Core RDA Elements for PFAN	Updated content : Additional information under Related Corporate Bodies element.
2022-12-14	Mandatory MARC Fields for PFAN	Updated content : Added information in 510, 511, 551 fields.
2022-12-15	Other documentation/Romanization	Added content : New introduction.

Last update: 2023-05-04