1. WELCOME TO TULANE UNIVERSIY BIBCO TRAINING

2. TRAINERS: Kate Harcourt Columbia University Robert Killheffer Yale University

3. TODAY’S AGENDA PCC OVERVIEW LIBRARIES TODAY SERVING OUR USERS WHAT ABOUT QUALITY CATALOGING?

4. PCC Components: u NACO: Name Authority u SACO: Subject Authority u BIBCO: Bibliographic Record.

5. FIRST BIBCO LIBRARIES CLEVELAND PUBLIC UCLA U COLORADO - BOULDER U MARYLAND YALE NYPL STANFORD NORTHWESTERN OBERLIN COLUMBIA STOCKTON-SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

6. PCC GOALS u Increase availability of bibliographic and authority records u Avoid duplication u Increase records available for copy cataloging u Develop and maintain acceptable standards u Increase timely access & promote cost- effective cataloging u Increase use of foreign records.

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8. WELCOME TO PART TWO OF TULANE UNIVERSITY BIBCO TRAINING

9. PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVE CATALOGING (PCC) u National-level records u Cataloged locally u Contributed to world record pool u Dynamic records shared and updated.

10. PRESSURE POINTS: u Rising costs u Lower budgets u Cost/benefit u Savings/harm.

11. SUCCESSOR TO NCCP u Lower cost to participate u Easier interconnectivity u Fewer system-based limitations.

12. PCC GOALS u To increase the supply of quality records in the world cataloging record pool u To increase the number of catalogers and cataloging institutions contributing such records.

13. A QUALITY RECORD u Dependably usable.

14. USABILITY Requires little or no u Verification u Modification, or u Postponement of use.

15. DEPENDABILITY: Count on: u Accurate description u Controlled access points.

16. CORE STANDARD CHARACTERISTICS u Minimum standard u Identification/retrieval u Dependably usable u Known quantity.

17. A MINIMUM STANDARD u Minimum not minimal u Provides floor or base u “Upwardly compatible” u May include additional fields up to full.

18. CORE STANDARD u First defined for books materials u Then defined for other types of materials u Apply in spirit as well as letter to nonbook materials.

19. BOTH CORE AND FULL Standards have the same: u Authority control for headings u Adherence to rules/practices u Main entry choice and form u Title page & series transcription u Physical description.

20. PARADIGM SHIFT: LIMIT: You must/must not VS. FLOOR: You must at least/you may add (up to full)

21. CORE RECORDS: u Are national-level records u Provide dependable cataloging within full record catalogs u Distinguish local and nonlocal data as with full records.

22. A CORE RECORD CONTAINS: u At least Core Standard elements u Additional elements if called for up to full level.

23. CORE RECORD JUDGEMENT BOUNDED BY: u AACR2R and LCRIs u Core record standard u Institutional policies u Identification / retrieval.

24. CORE GUIDELINES: 1.Would the proposed addition be correct in a full record? 2a.Will the proposed addition materially aid retrievability? or 2b. Will the proposed addition materially aid identification?

25. CORE RECORDS: u Source = c u Enc Lvl = 4 (or 039 core in OCLC) u 042 = pcc u 040 = Library’s symbol.

26. APPLYING THE CORE STANDARD: Q. Do you ever remove data from a record to meet the core standard? A. NO.

27. APPLYING THE CORE STANDARD: Q. If a Core Standard record contains the same fields as a full record, is it coded core or full?

28. CORE STANDARD -- FIXED FIELD u Code fully u Same as full record.

29. CORE STANDARD --020, 0XX u Supply 020 $a if present on item u Other 0XX fields.

30. CORE STANDARD -- 0XX Call or class number: Supply a number from a recognized scheme.

31. CORE STANDARD -- 1XX Main entry: u Include if applicable u Establish if not already established.

32. CORE STANDARD -- 240 Uniform title: u Include if known/inferable u Establish if not already established.

33. CORE STANDARD -- 245-300 u Include all applicable fields u Same as full-level cataloging.

34. CORE STANDARD -- 4XX/8XX Series: u Transcribe series if present u Tracing optional u If traced, support with SAR.

35. CORE STANDARD -- 5XX If applicable, make notes at least for: u Title source if not t.p. u Contents if multipart items have separate titles u Thesis note (502) u Reproduction note (533).

36. CORE STANDARD -- 5XX Some Notes Issues: u Language, translation (2.7B2) u Statements of Responsibility (2.7B6) u Dissertations u Other notes.

37. CORE STANDARD -- 6XX If applicable, include: At least 1 subject heading -- from recognized list -- at appropriate level of specificity.

38. SOME SUBJECT ISSUES Use of other thesauri or lists LCSH issues: -- lack of specific headings -- paired or multiple headings Submitting requests for new headings.

39. CORE STANDARD -- 7XX (OR 246) If applicable: u Primary added entry relationships u Important title access information u Up to full level.

40. REVISION ISSUES: Primary added entry relationships u Remember guidelines u Dependably usable records u Retrievability and identification.

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