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CJK NACO Project Report. 2014 AAS CEAL Annual Meeting Sarah S. Elman Columbia University March 2014. RDA NACO-Related Activities. Online training completed in Nov. 2012 Post-training review
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CJK NACO Project Report 2014 AAS CEAL Annual Meeting Sarah S. Elman Columbia University March 2014
RDA NACO-Related Activities • Online training completed in Nov. 2012 • Post-training review • 16 catalogers have been reviewed by CJK NACO Project reviewers-- 8 are independent as of mid-March 2014. • Some were reviewed by their institutional reviewers (status unknown) • 6 new catalogers (in 2 institutions) joined the project in 2013
RDA NACO-Related Activities • Workshops co-sponsored with CEAL CTP: • March 2013 • CJK NACO Workshop – RDA highlights, updates, etc. • 53 people registered • March 2014 • Advanced CJK NACO Workshop • 40 people registered
CJK NACO Best Practices Document • To clarify cataloging rules and provide recommendations for dealing with CJK NACO records • Location: CJK NACO Project website http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/CJK/CJK%20NACO%20Best%20Practice.doc • Current topics: • Names with “jinshi” (進士) or “juren” (舉人) dates • Treatment of 籍貫/本籍/原籍/祖籍 and “<Place>人”, etc. • Treatment of 字 and 號/号 for personal names • Abbreviations in 670 $b • Treatment of variant pronunciations of characters (多音字) • Romanization of ambiguous place names • Will be updated when new topics are proposed
Future Plans • Maintain and update CJK NACO Project website • Engage in discussions related to CJK NACO authority work and work with relevant parties to develop best practices • Organize CJK NACO trainings or webinars as needed • Participate in CJK authority record clean-up projects as needed, e.g., conversion of Taiwan place names from WG to pinyin, etc. • Increase no. of CJK NACO contributors and reviewers
Contact Information • CJK NACO Project Website http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/CJK.html • Coordinator • Sarah S. Elman (Columbia University) sse2109@columbia.edu • LC/PCC Liaison • Jessalyn Zoom (Library of Congress) jiwu@loc.gov