*PCC members who contribute SACO LCSH proposals and SACO LCSH update
proposals:*
The Minaret Subject Proposal System for proposing new and updated LCSH
headings will be implemented on *Monday, August 1, 2011*. The online
SACO proposal webform at
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/prop/proposal.html and the SACO proposed
update webform at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/chngform.html will
be deactivated on Monday, August 1, 2011.
In preparation for the August 1, 2011 implementation of the Minaret
Subject Proposal System, SACO staff in the LC Cooperative Programs
Section will be sending out several messages via multiple PCC lists over
the next week. Apologies in advance for duplication.
The Minaret Subject Proposal System is a Classification Web product. In
order to use the Minaret Subject Proposal System, a Classification Web
account is necessary.
In order to make the transition to the Minaret Subject Proposal System
as seamless as possible, please identify the category below in which
your institution falls, and note the actions you should take.
1) *PCC SACO members who have a Classification Web account that is
currently set to allow for input and update of LC Classification numbers:*
Please see important Classification Web account information at
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/Minaret_Updating%20Preferences.pdf
2) *PCC SACO members who have a Classification Web account, but whose
accounts currently are NOT set to allow for input and update of LC
Classification numbers:*
**
Please contact me ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) so that I can
have your Classification Web account set to allow you to use the Minaret
Subject Proposal System.
*3) PCC SACO members who currently DO NOT have a Classification Web
account:*
**
Please contact me ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) to discuss
options for you to continue to propose new and updated LCSH headings
through the SACO Program.
I have posted general information on preparing for the Minaret Subject
Proposal System implementation, an example of proposing a new LCSH
heading (for a geographic name), and an example of a proposed change to
an existing LCSH heading on the SACO website
(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html).
I also will be posting additional information to the SACO website next
week, and I will make announcements to the various PCC lists as new
information is added.
Thank you.
Paul Frank
Cooperative Programs Section
Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4230
202-707-1570
[email protected]
