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Dear NACO catalogers,<br><br>
I'd like to highlight a few of the changes that I noticed in the 3rd
edition of the NACO Participant's Manual (NPM) that LC issued in August:
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/npm3rd.pdf">
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/npm3rd.pdf</a> . It is linked on the
"Authority Control at Yale" site. By the way, if any of you
have copies of the old 2nd edition floating around, please either throw
them away or (if you want to archive them) label them clearly as being
"obsolete".<br><br>
1. 053 field (p. 22)<br><br>
The old NPM gave instructions for requesting an 053 from LC; the new NPM
gives the link for the web form for making such proposals and specifies
when catalogers may input an 053 directly (the practice is optional). The
NACO Coordinating Committee also addressed this topic in a little more
detail in its recently issued "Yale Policies for NACO
NARs":<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. 670 (p. 50-53)<br><br>
Citations of RLIN searches should now say "RLIN21" rather than
RLIN. Do not, however, correct any existing 670s; these are valid for
when they were created. Example of new practice:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>670 ##
RLIN21, 5 Nov. 2005$b(hdg: Smith, R. T. T. ; usage: R.T.T.
Smith)<br><br>
3. Appendices (p. 96-104)<br><br>
The first two appendices, on identifying LC bib records in RLIN21 and
OCLC that are candidates for BFM, were simplified. The old NPM also had
appendices on SACO and appendices with examples of RLIN and OCLC
authority records. These were dropped in the new NPM.<br><br>
Sorry to do this a little belatedly! <br><br>
-Manon</body>
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