The Acceptable Headings Implementation Task Group has been established
by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging to develop an implementation
plan for preparing the LC/NACO authority file for RDA. The work of this
group is largely based on the report of an earlier PCC Task Group; this
group recommended a series of mechanical operations designed to make as
many of the records in the LC/NACO authority file as useful as possible
under RDA without individual review. The present group is exploring each
of the changes suggested by the first group in detail, and fitting each
into a proposed schedule.
The group has created a Facebook page as one means for communication
between the group and the larger community:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/PCC-Acceptable-Headings-Implementation-Task-Group/232585923488557
<http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/PCC-Acceptable-Headings-Implementation-Task-Group/232585923488557>
We invite comments on our work, but ask that comments follow the
guidelines found in the "Info" section of this page. THE INFO SECION
describes the Group's activities, including the broad areas in which the
group is interested in receiving comments and those areas not in the
Group's charge in which the group is not interested in receiving comments.
The group has already drafted several documents. These documents may be
found at the Group's download site (and they are also available from the
Facebook page): http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/
* a document describing a phased implementation of the suggested changes
* a discussion of the issues involved in the handling of subfield $c in
personal names
* a discussion of the suppression (or otherwise) of 4XX fields for AACR2
forms of name
The Group is in the midst of drafting a series of documents describing
the stages in which this work should be performed, and the details
involved in the work. These documents will also be posted to the Group's
download site, and notices of the postings placed on the Facebook page.
The Group is actively soliciting volunteers interested in assisting the
Group in its work. These tasks will include the review of long lists of
changed headings for correctness.
Karen Anderson
Authority Control Librarian
Backstage Library Works
Provo, Ut
801-356-1852 ext. 231
800-288-1265
[email protected]
