[Yulcat-l] Fwd: PCC "what's new"

[Manon Theroux]

>Date:         Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:21:51 -0500
>Sender: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST at loc.gov>
>From: John Norman Mitchell <jmit at loc.gov>
>Subject: Let's talk "turkey"!
>To: PCCLIST at sun8.LOC.GOV
>
>                                 Thursday, November 3, 2005
>
>Fellow PCC-ers,
>
>Let's talk "turkey"!  The Thanksgiving season is upon us and the parades, 
>upcoming bowl games, and family feasts will soon have each of us spreading 
>our wings to indulge in the delights of Fall.  Thanksgiving is also a time 
>where we often reflect on our blessings; and we in the PCC are truly 
>blessed with the finest members committed to further the work of the 
>librarian community.  The PCC Secretariat and the Cooperative Cataloging 
>Team want to acknowledge the contributions of our members and are very 
>grateful for their support.  And for this continual encouragement, we 
>express our sincerest appreciation.  Now on with "What's New" in the PCC!
>
>The PCC Calendar (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/calendar.html) has been 
>updated to reflect newly-scheduled workshops and institutes.
>
>The LC Coop Team will offer a NACO Name Authority Institute at the Library 
>of Congress, Feb. 13-17, 2006 for current and prospective PCC 
>libraries.  Complete details and instructions for registration have been 
>posted at: http://www.loc.gov/pcc/naco/instappl.html .  Announcements have 
>also been made to the appropriate PCC online discussion lists.
>
>LC staff members Paul Frank and John N. Mitchell will offer an LC 
>Classification training workshop
>(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/lccwkshopMay06.html) at the Library of 
>Congress scheduled to be held in May 2006.
>
>Please monitor the calendar for hotel and room assignments for the 
>upcoming San Antonio ALA Midwinter PCC meetings.  Please note that the 
>regularly scheduled PCC Participants' Meeting time will be held in San 
>Antonio on Sunday, January 22, 2006 from 4:00-5:30 P.M. with a hotel 
>location yet to be announced.
>
>The first SACO-At-Large meeting will also take place on Sunday, January 
>22, 2006; the agenda for this initial meeting will soon be posted.  Please 
>watch for the subsequent "What's New" listserve announcement for further 
>details.
>
>Additionally, the Basic SACO Workshop 
>(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/sacowkshop2006m.html) will be offered 
>on Friday, January 20, 2006 at the Midwinter conference by John N. 
>Mitchell and Paul Frank.  Please visit the site and use the accompanying 
>form to register for this no-cost, first-come, first-served workshop.
>
>The FY05 statistics for the PCC programs have been posted at 
>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/stats/stats.html, including the funnel 
>projects and individual members.  Participants are asked to look at their 
>contributions that have been cumulated by the Coop staff.
>
>The FY05 PCC Annual Report has been posted to the PCC Home Page.  For a 
>comprehensive narrative of the state of the PCC, the Secretariat 
>encourages members to read about the achievements, accomplishments, and 
>future directions/endeavors of the PCC at: 
>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/PCCAnnualFY05.pdf
>
>The Standing Committee on Automation (SCA) Monograph Aggregator Task 
>Group's Report of the Functional Requirements for Electronic Vendor 
>Records (FREVR) has been posted to the SCA Home Page at: 
>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/sca/frevrfinalreport919.pdf.  The TG was 
>charged with developing a reference guide to data elements for machine 
>created monographic records for vendors and publishers.  Please visit this 
>pdf document for their final recommendations to the SCA.
>
>The PCC Steering Committee ratified new changes to the PCC Governance 
>Document in October 2005 at: 
>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/governce.html.  Please open the link to read 
>about the additions and changes made to the section on Executive Offices 
>and Terms of Office; revisions from the previous PCC Governance have been 
>made using a different colored font.
>
>The Standard Committee on Standards (SCS) recently finalized the SCS 
>FY2005 Annual Report, which has been posted at: 
>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/scs/scsannual05.html.  Please refer to this 
>document for an overview of the SCS chair's comments about SCS involvement 
>with the PCC during the past fiscal year.
>
>As usual, please make certain that any changes in liaison status are 
>communicated directly to me, John N. Mitchell, Coop Team webmaster, at 
>jmit at loc.gov.  Have a truly festive Thanksgiving holiday and may your 
>culinary delights be especially delicious!
>
>Yours truly,
>John N. Mitchell

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Manon Théroux
Authority Control Librarian
Catalog Department, SML, 2-8376
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