[Yulcat-l] FW: Phase Two NACO changes completed

[Arakawa, Steven]

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



From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:PCCLIST at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV] On Behalf Of Frank, Paul
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:50 PM
To: PCCLIST at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV
Subject: Phase Two NACO changes completed

Hi everyone,

Phase Two changes to the LC/NACO Authority File that began on March 7 successfully completed yesterday, March 27, at 10:32 AM.  371,942 records were changed and all have been successfully distributed to the NACO nodes.

The next step, to proceed with related bibliographic changes (BFM) resulting from Phase Two changes, will begin soon.


PSD and COIN have been received questions about some of the changes so I'd like to highlight the major ones and direct you to the details described in the document: Changes to the LC/NACO Authority File: What LC-PCC RDA Catalogers need to know<http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/pdf/lcnaf_rdaphase.pdf>



Expanding the abbreviations 'arr.', 'acc.' and unacc.'

Headings with certain abbreviations no longer valid under RDA will be updated to spell out the abbreviations, such as arr. (arranged), acc. (accompaniment), unacc. (unaccompanied).

More details: http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.ArrAccUnacc.doc



Modify 'Bible' headings

Authority records for parts of the Bible containing the abbreviations "O.T." or "N.T." will be modified to spell out the abbreviations "Old Testament" or "New Testament" unless the heading represents an individual book of the Bible (when "Old Testament" or "New Testament" will be omitted under RDA). The change will apply to the sacred work itself, and relevant parts, not titles that merely refer to the Bible.

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Bible.doc



Modify 'violoncello' headings

Authority records using 'violoncello' in conventional collective titles or as a medium of performance will be updated to replace the term 'violoncello' with 'cello' following RDA, where appropriate.

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Cello.doc



The handling of the abbreviation 'Dept.'

While abbreviating the word 'Dept.' was not AACR2 practice (but national practice under the LCRIs), the shift to RDA provides an opportunity to convert existing headings that contain the abbreviation 'Dept.' to represent the full form of the word in headings and appropriate references.

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Dept.doc



Modify 'Koran' headings

The conversion to RDA provides the opportunity to use the more commonly transliterated form "Qur'an" in headings referring to this sacred work itself, not titles that merely contain the word Koran.

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Koran.doc



Modify 'Selections' uniform titles

'Selections' as a conventional collective title will no longer be valid under RDA as the preferred title for a work, only as the preferred title for parts of a work. The program will identify headings that use 'Selections' and change to 'Works. Selections' as appropriate.

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Selections.doc



Handling of X00 $c

Because there is not a one-to-one correspondence between text strings in 100 $c under AACR2 and RDA, special processing will be done to programmatically identify when the $c is valid as is under RDA, when it would be invalid under RDA, and when it can be made acceptable under RDA by program. Headings that will be invalid under RDA or will need human review will be marked with a 667 in phase

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Subfield_c.doc



Handling of date subfields

Date subfields in various types of headings (mostly $d in personal name headings and treaties) contain abbreviations that are to be spelled out under RDA. Examples include abbreviations for 'century' and months of the year. Some abbreviations found in pre-RDA records will be replaced with words (for example, 'approximately' for 'ca.' and 'active' for 'fl.'). A hyphen before or after the date will be used instead of the abbreviations 'b.' and 'd.'.

More details:

http://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/pccahitg/RDA_conversion.Subfield_d_and_f.doc
Paul Frank
Cooperative Programs Section
Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4230
202-707-1570
pfrank at loc.gov<mailto:pfrank at loc.gov>

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