[yul-naco] Fwd: LC/NAF Size

[Manon Theroux]

FYI...

>Date:         Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:44:31 -0400
>Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST at loc.gov>
>Sender: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST at loc.gov>
>From: Antony Robert David Franks <afra at loc.gov>
>Subject: LC/NAF Size
>
>The Coop Team are receiving requests to clarify the size of the name 
>authority file.
>
>The LC/NAF as a whole totals about 5.5 million name authority records. The 
>subset of records contributed by NACO members is about 2.3 million name 
>authority records.
>
>These numbers are separate from the subject authority file (LCSH). At the 
>end of fiscal year 2004, that file contained 283,500 records.
>
>Anthony R.D. Franks
>Team Leader, Cooperative Cataloging Team
>Library of Congress
>202-707-2822 (voice)
>202-252-2082 (fax)