CJK NACO Project CJK NACO Project

CEAL Conference, Boston,

March 21, 2007

Jiping Wu

What is PCC?What is PCC?

The Program for Cooperative Cataloging is an International cooperative effort aimed at expanding access to library collections by providing useful, timely, and cost-effective cataloging that meets mutually-accepted standards of libraries around the world. (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/)

Four Components of PCC:Four Components of PCC:

NACO – the name authority program SACO – the subject authority programBIBCO – the monographic bibliographic

record programCONSER – the cooperative online serials

program

PCC Program OverviewPCC Program Overview

Joining NACOJoining NACO

Individual institution membership A group of libraries with common interest form a

funnel project to contribute records via coordinator

Participants contribute authority records for names, uniform titles and series to the LC/NAF

FAQ on Joining NACO:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/nacoprogfaq.html

Member BenefitsMember Benefits Participate in the largest cooperative cataloging program in the

world Participate in the development and review of cataloging standards Reduce the cost of cataloging operations Reduce the amount of authority creation and maintenance that

must be done locally Update and enhance monographic, serial, and authority records Receive free training by experienced PCC trainers and cataloging

documentation provided to participants Interact with colleagues at national libraries and other institutions Influence policies and standards, and help shape the future of

cataloging practice

NACO Program ParametersNACO Program Parameters

Participants agree to follow a common set of standards and guidelines when creating and changing authority records in order to maintain the integrity of a large shared authority file.

List of NACO Program List of NACO Program ParametersParameters

Basic Documentation New Name Authority Record Contributions Changes to Existing Name Authority records Cancellation of Name Authority Records Bibliographic File Maintenance (BFM) NACO Normalization Cutter Numbers (053s)

Authority Record Contribution Authority Record Contribution and Distribution and Distribution

OCLC LC Overseas Offs British Library

LC/NACO Authority File (NAF)

How it got started?How it got started?

Growth of East Asian cataloging records Need of funnel model of membership for

libraries to make meaningful contribution to LC/NAF

“Do You PCC?” in ALA annual 2006 by CCAAM

Support from LC and PCC administrators

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