[Yulcat-l] SACO: Change in Procedure for LC Classification Proposals

[Steven Arakawa]

Date:         Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:38:38 -0500
Reply-To: Subject Authority Cooperative Program <SACOLIST at loc.gov>
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From: John Norman Mitchell <jmit at loc.gov>
Subject: ALERT - ALERT - LC Classification News Alert for Class Web subscribers
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                                 Tuesday, November 7, 2006

The Library of Congress will be implementing a new method for entering 
classification proposals directly into the LC Classification schedules on 
Monday, November 13, 2006.  PCC Libraries that are SACO Members - and all 
SACO-Only institutions are requested to visit 
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/ClassWeb/LCClassification.html
which outlines the new Class Web procedures for submitting Classification 
proposals.  All SACO contributors who are Class Web subscribers are to 
begin using the system on Monday, November 13, 2006, but not sooner.

For proposals that are already in the SACO pipeline, Coop staff will be 
keying the data into the new system before forwarding to the Cataloging 
Policy and Support Office, Classification Editorial Team beginning on that 
date.

Please be patient as this new method of working directly in the LC Class 
schedules is implemented.

We ask that the PCC participants refrain from contributing until Monday, 
when the new mechanism should be up and running.  Please do not input any 
proposals before Nov. 13, as all proposals that are currently in the system 
will be deleted over the weekend of Nov. 11-12 in order to start with a 
clean slate on Nov. 13.

Again, I remind each of you to visit the new LC Classification Procedures: 
Using Class Web page whose URL is given above.  All documentation is 
provided for you there.  A link from the SACO Home Page will also lead you 
directly to this new information.

Thank you,

John N. Mitchell
SACO Coordinator

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Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog Dept. Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University.
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu