[Yulcat-l] Fwd: Goblins, ghosts, and PCC - now that is scary!

[Joan Swanekamp]

 From the Program for Cooperative Cataloging:

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>                                 Wednesday, October 5, 2005
>
>Fellow PCC-ers,
>
>Time to get those skeletons out of the closet, dust off those pumpkins, 
>and bob for apples.  Yes, it is that time of the calendar year to choose 
>your PCC costume for the season.  The Cooperative Cataloging Team and the 
>PCC Secretariat have the mulled cider in the crock pot, so settle in, rest 
>your weary collective bones, and be ready to digest another newsflash from 
>yours truly.
>
>Hold the press!  At ALA Mid-Winter in San Antonio, there will be the 
>first-ever SACO-At-Large meeting held on Sunday, January 22nd, 2005 from 
>11:00 A.M. to noon, directly following the BIBCO-At-Large meeting and in 
>the same location.  So, you won't need to move, lose your seat, or change 
>out of your PCC costume.  This first SACO-At-Large meeting will feature an 
>update to the SACO Program, including introduction of SACO Mentors and 
>explaining their role, an update on the editing of the SACO Participants' 
>Manual, and a discussion of building headings in the subject authority 
>file.  This is one meeting that you won't want to miss!
>
>The SACO FAQ ( http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/sacofaq.html ) has been 
>revised to further clarify SACO membership eligibility.  Institutions 
>participating in NACO funnels are required to submit a completed SACO 
>membership application and appoint an institutional SACO liaison, much as 
>NACO membership requires. Any institution is eligible to become a 
>full-fledged SACO member.  Further revisions are peppered throughout the 
>FAQ and you are encouraged to read the entire document again to 
>refamiliarize yourself with the SACO Program.
>
>The Basic SACO Workshop will make another appearance at ALA Midwinter in 
>San Antonio.  This basic workshop will be held on Friday morning, January 
>20th from 9:00 A.M. to Noon and will be team taught by John N. Mitchell 
>and Paul Frank of the Cooperative Cataloging Team.  Pre-registration is 
>required.  Please send an email to saco at loc.gov with the following 
>information:  Name, Institution, email address, and phone number.  The 
>number of registrants will be limited to no more than 30; so make sure to 
>get your entry in early since the registration deadline is January 9th, 
>2006 or until the workshop is filled!  The basic SACO workshop is designed 
>to give an overview to the SACO Program, and familiarize potential SACO 
>contributors with the Web proposal form, pitfalls to avoid in the 
>contribution process, and a summary of the editorial process to enable 
>users to follow the progress of submitted proposals.
>
>A recently developed Web form ( 
>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/nar667form.html ) is now available on 
>the NACO Homepage to enable reporting to add subject usage notes and 
>geographic subdivision to Name Authority Records.  LCRI 26.3B-C (update 
>no.2 dated July 2005) now allows reciprocal See Also cross-references to 
>be coded between personal name authority records and corporate name 
>authority records for Heads of States.  Instructions for the addition of a 
>"Subject usage" 667 note field when creating the corporate name authority 
>record are included in the updated LCRI.  The form faciliates the 
>reporting to CPSO to add these 667 fields to record subject usage notes 
>for earlier/later jurisdictional headings or when a geographic heading is 
>not valid as a subject subdivision.
>
>The PCC Calendar ( http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/calendar.html ) has been 
>updated and includes much of the information you will need for organizing 
>your ALA Midwinter meetings.  Of particular importance is the announcement 
>of the time scheduled for the PCC Participants' Meeting on Sunday, January 
>22nd, 2005 from 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.  Please mark your calendars accordingly.
>
>The PCC PoCo/Steering Committee ( http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/poco.html 
>) has been updated to reflect the changeover in leadership that took place 
>at the beginning of the new fiscal year that began October 1, 2005.  You 
>are encouraged to take a gander at the new PCC staff and become acquainted 
>with those in these leadership positions.  A particular warm welcome is 
>extended to the new SCT Chair, Caroline R. Miller of UCLA.
>
>As always, I request that all of you ascertain that personal data is 
>correctly provided in the institutional liaison links.  Please verify that 
>contact information is current, particularly with email addresses as 
>servers do change, and telephone numbers as many new area codes have now 
>been created.  Please send an email directly to me at jmit at loc.gov and 
>report any modifications that are needed.
>
>Enjoy the beautiful Fall season, hope that your harvest is bountiful, and 
>get the candy corn ready for the trick-or-treaters!  And of course, PCC 
>wants to know if you trick or treat - please send treats in care of the 
>Cooperative Cataloging Team!  Just kidding!
>
>                                 Yours truly,
>                                 John N. Mitchell
>