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Dear NACO catalogers:<br><br>
The following two documents have just been posted on the NACO section of
the "Authority Control at Yale" website:<br><br>
1. Yale Policies for NACO Name Authority Records (new)<br>
<a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/names_policy.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/names_policy.htm<br>
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</a>2. Yale Policies for NACO Series Authority Records (minor
revisions)<br>
<a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/series_policy.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/series_policy.htm<br>
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</a>These documents contain our local Yale policies for:<br><br>
-when and where to create new NACO records<br>
-when and where to update existing NACO records<br>
-when to import NACO records<br><br>
They supplement (rather than replace) all of the standard national-level
NACO policies and procedures that you learned during NACO training and
consult regularly in AACR2, the LCRIs, the NACO Participant's Manual,
MARC21, DCM Z1, the PCC website, etc.<br><br>
Please look over these documents (they are not long) and let me know if
you have any questions. These local NACO policies do not represent any
real change in how we do things, but many of the policies were issued
piecemeal over the years so we've tried to consolidate them and organize
them in a consistent way.<br><br>
Note that some fields are optional in NACO records (e.g., 043, 053, 781)
- the PCC leaves it up to individual institutions to decide whether or
not their catalogers should include these fields in their NACO records.
In general, we have refrained from requiring you to include these fields.
You may make the decision for yourself, whether across the board or on a
case-by-case basis. If you do decide to include one of these fields, make
sure to consult the proper documentation (we've indicated where you
should look - e.g., you will need to look in subject cataloging
documentation to make sure you are constructing the 781 field
properly).<br><br>
Many thanks!-Manon(for the NACO Coordinating
Committee)<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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Manon Théroux<br>
Authority Control Librarian <br>
Catalog Department, SML, 2-8376<br>
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