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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Goodson,Luanne<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Eszett symbol = Do not use in NACO records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">Dear NACO Participants,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">The Eszett symbol (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:blue">ß</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">
-- often used in German for double s) is listed as “Do not use in NACO records” in the Authority File Comparison Rules (NACO Normalization) found on the PCC Website:
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/normrule-2.html">http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/normrule-2.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">If the Eszett symbol is used in a new authority record that record is rejected in its entirety by LC’s system. Records cannot be re-added to the LC/NACO Authority
File and therefore must be deleted by OCLC staff. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">If an existing record is edited to include the Eszett symbol the record in its entirety is rejected by LC’s system. OCLC staff will then correct the record and
recontribute it with ‘ss’ inplace of the Eszett symbol.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">If you find that a new record you contributed to the LC/NACO Authority File via OCLC’s Connexion does not exist in the file, then you can search the LC Names &
Subjects History File available via Connexion and see what the status of your contribution is. For more information on using the LC Names & Subjects History File please see OCLC Connexion Client Guides, Authorities: Search Authority Files, Ch. 3
<a href="http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/authorities/searchauth/searchauthorityfile.pdf">
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/authorities/searchauth/searchauthorityfile.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">-- Luanne
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue">Luanne Goodson
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OCLC NACO Liaison <br>
WorldCat Quality & Partner Content Dept.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:goodsonl@oclc.org">goodsonl@oclc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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