Modifications to PCC Secretariat Services to the Membership
PCC members are strongly encouraged to send questions about cataloging instructions, policies, procedures, and guidelines to the PCC listservs that the PCC Secretariat oversees: PCClist, BIBCO, CONSRlst, and SACOlist. Answering these types of questions provides the membership with an opportunity for professional growth which they greatly appreciate. Every question is of value as the membership analyzes, discusses, consults and references documents related to it, and finally reaches a resolution. LC staff members also monitor these lists and are free to provide authoritative answers when appropriate. PCC members are discouraged from sending questions relating to cataloging instructions, policies, procedures, and guidelines directly to individual COIN staff members who comprise the PCC secretariat. Instead, consider posting questions relating to cataloging instructions, policies, procedures, and guidelines to the relevant PCC listserv(s), so that everyone will benefit from the exchange. PCC members are encouraged to request assistance from their colleagues via community listservs such as music, art, CJK, etc. in the processing of items in a language or subject area in which they lack local expertise. Some of you have already adopted this commendable practice and received welcome assistance from these communities. All questions relating to program participation, review, training, and logistical aspects of program membership should be sent by the membership to the email boxes for the individual programs: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] . When PCC members need to report duplicate NARs and related BFM send reports to: [email protected] . Before submitting the request for NAR deletes and BFM, members should move appropriate fields from the NAR that will be deleted to the NAR that will be retained. In the subject line of the email put "NAR for deletion." To assist LC staff to find the cited records easily, use NAR LCCNs and name strings, and where possible, LCCNs for bibliographic records that require maintenance. Citations of utility control numbers (e.g. ARNs in OCLC) add extra steps to the maintenance process.
