[Yulcat-l] Fwd: PCC "what's new"
Manon Theroux
manon.theroux at yale.edu
Thu Nov 3 14:33:30 EST 2005
>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
_______________________________________________
Manon Théroux
Authority Control Librarian
Catalog Department, SML, 2-8376
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