The Program for Cooperative Cataloging: Backstory and Future Potential |
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| Authors: | Sarah E Thomas |
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| Institution: | 1. University Librarian Emerita, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAset9@cornell.edu |
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| Abstract: | AbstractIn 1988 the Library of Congress and eight library participants undertook a two-year pilot known as the National Coordinated Cataloging Program (NCCP) to increase the number of quality bibliographic records. Subsequently the Bibliographic Services Study Committee reviewed the pilot. Discussions held at the Library of Congress (LC) and in other fora resulted in the creation of the Cooperative Cataloging Council, and, ultimately, the establishment of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) in 1994. The conditions that contributed to a successful approach to shared cataloging are described. The article concludes with considerations for expanding the future effectiveness of the PCC. |
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| Keywords: | Program for Cooperative Cataloging catalogers cataloging cataloging administration/management experimental cooperative cataloging books |
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