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NACO: Enhancing Cataloging Standards Worldwide

Learn about NACO, a cooperative cataloging program allowing institutions to contribute authority records to enhance the LC/NACO authority file. Discover the benefits, obligations, training, and participation requirements. Join NACO today for better records and networking opportunities.

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NACO: Enhancing Cataloging Standards Worldwide

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  1. NACO Canada Sharing Our Work, Sharing Our Expertise Jonathan David Makepeace Leddy Library University of Windsor

  2. What’s NACO? • established in 1977 • part of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging since PPC’s formation in the mid-1990s • cooperative programme allowing participants to add authority records for names, uniform titles and series to the LC/NACO authority file (NAF)

  3. Who may join? • institutions worldwide • commercial or non-commercial • no individual members • commercial entities do not receive publications free of charge • must use OCLC or RLIN • separate authorizations for NACO contribution

  4. Obligations? • no formal contract • annual minimum record contribution • ARL libraries: 200 records • other libraries: 100 records • funnel participants: no set minimum • informal commitment to continuity

  5. Funnel vs Institutional Members • Funnel • common subject or geographic interest • no minimum record requirement • coordinator votes in PCC elections • coordinator liaises with LC • Institutional Membership • minimum record requirement • library director votes in PCC elections • NACO contact liaises with LC

  6. Training • provided by volunteers trained by LC • lasts five days • trainee institution must pay trainer’s costs (transportation, meals, lodging) • optimum class size: 12 • can alternately be done at LC • can later train one’s own staff • open to any competent level of staff

  7. Review • six months to one year • 80-100 records • focuses on headings and references (and avoiding duplicates) • learn about documentation • goal is independence (contribution of records without review)

  8. What can NACO libraries do? • contribute new name authority records (NARs) to the NAF • make changes to existing NARs • contribute series and uniform title authority records only after supplementary training

  9. Standards • AACR2R chapters 22-26 • LC Rule Interpretations • SCM memo H405 • MARC 21 Authority Format • including its LC Guidelines Supplement (the blue pages) • Descriptive Cataloging Manual section Z1 (the yellow pages)

  10. LAC/LC Names Agreement • always use LAC name headings, if available, for Canadian persons and corporate bodies • if not, we simply create Canadian personal name headings • must ask LAC to establish Canadian corporate body headings

  11. Who participates? • over 400 institutions worldwide • over half are funnel members • in Canada • 2 institutional members • 4 NACO Canada funnel members • 3 members of subject funnels

  12. Why do it? • better records • lowers cost for all • networking • seal of quality

  13. Coordinates Jonathan David Makepeace Coordinator, NACO Canada Leddy Library University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 Website: http://uwindsor.ca/naco/ Telephone: 514-253-3000 ext. 4723 Email: jdm@uwindsor.ca

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