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<font size=3>Dear NACO series catalogers,<br><br>
"Yale Policies for NACO Series Authority Records" has been
updated to reflect some recently adopted policies:
<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>The most significant changes are:<br><br>
1) The addition of new text in 1B. "When to Create New
SARs"<br>
2) The addition of new text in 1D. "644 and 646 Decisions for New
SARs"<br>
3) The deletion of the "EL7" text in 1B. "When to Create
New SARs" (regular criteria are sufficient)<br>
4) The deletion of obsolete text and links in 2D. "645 Field (update
in RLIN)"<br><br>
The new text in 1B and 1D should look familiar. It was part of a draft
document, sent over the summer, that proposed Yale's response to the LC
decision to stop creating/updating series authority records. The
Cataloging Coordinating Council (CCC) discussed and approved large
portions of this draft, including the sections relating to NACO work. [It
was decided that the Technical Services Management Group, rather than
CCC, would discuss the proposals relating to Fastcat and selector flags.]
The full draft is here:
<a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/drafts/YULseriespolicy.doc" eudora="autourl">
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/drafts/YULseriespolicy.doc<br>
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</a>The new text in 1B relaxes our local criteria for when a SAR must be
created during cataloging. The criteria now permit a greater degree of
cataloger judgment (so that we won't be forced to spend disproportionate
amounts of time creating SARs as a result of LC's decision) and recognize
our willingness to create SARs in response to requests by public services
staff. The new text in 1D outlines some of the situations when we might
want to make a decision to class separately. <br><br>
Please be sure to look over the revised sections and let me know if
anything isn't clear!<br><br>
-Manon<br><br>
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Manon Théroux<br>
Authority Control Librarian & NACO Coordinator<br>
Catalog Department, SML, 2-8376</font></body>
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