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News Archive
- PCC Position Statement on Personal Data in Name Authority Records (July 2023) [PDF, 154 KB]
- SCS Policy Recommendations on Non-Latin Script Cross-Reference Special Coding Practice in NACO (May 2023; updated July 27, 2023) [PDF, 623 KB]
- PCC Will Have a Rolling Implementation of Official RDA from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027 (June 13, 2023 announcement)
- LDAC/IMAC URIs Guidance Subgroup: Final Report (March 2023) [PDF, 215 KB]
- SCA Report on Non-Latin Script Cross Reference Coding Practice in NACO (Sept. 2022) [PDF, 132 KB]
- SCA Wikibase Exploration Survey Report (June 2022) [PDF, 1.5 MB]
- Revised Report on Recording Gender in Personal Name Authority Records (April 2022) [PDF, 225 KB]
- SCA Report of the Survey on Library of Congress BIBFRAME-to-MARC Conversion Specifications and Tools (Dec. 2020) [PDF, 104 KB]
- Task Group on URIs in MARC: Formulating and Obtaining URIs [PDF 4.6 MB] (rev. Jan. 2020), URI FAQs (PDF; 225 KB) (rev. Sept. 2018)
- PCC Task Group on Metadata Application Profiles: Charge (Apr. 2019), Interim report [PDF; 93 KB] (Oct. 2019), Final Report [PDF; 307 KB] (May 2020)
- BIBFRAME and MARC Bibliographic Encoding for Languages (BABEL) Task Group (March 2020) [PDF, 62 KB], Interim Report [Word, 51 KB], Final Report [Word, 106 KB], Executive Summary [Word, 29 KB]
- PCC Task Group on Linked Data Best Practices: Final Report [PDF; 183 KB] (Sept. 12, 2019)
- Linked Data Advisory Committee: Annual Report [PDF; 36 KB] (Oct. 2019)
- PCC Guidelines for Minimally Punctuated MARC Bibliographic Records (optional policy, effective Jan. 2020): Guidelines [Word; 79 KB], Training [PPT; 130 KB] (rev. Apr. 2020), FAQ
- Task Group on Engagement and Broadening the PCC Community: Final report [PDF; 3.6 MB]; Recommendations [PDF; 87 KB] (Oct. 2019)
- Formulating and Obtaining URIs: a guide to commonly used vocabularies and reference sources [PDF 4.6 MB] (March 2019; revised June 2019)
- PCC Policy on Terminal Periods: Guidelines [PDF; 173 KB] and MARC field summary [Excel; 20 KB] (April 2019)
- Transitioning to Identity Management: Experiences with the PCC ISNI Pilot [PPT; 1.8 MB] (June 2018)
- PCC Task Group on Legal Status [PDF; 92 KB] (February 26, 2018)
- PCC URI Task Group: URI FAQs (PDF; 225 KB) (February 2018; revised September 2018)
- BIBFRAME Task Group Report [PDF; 96 KB] (November 2017)
- PCC ISNI Pilot Home Page (November 2017)
- SCS/LDAC Task Group on the Work Entity White paper on the work entity [PDF; 1.2 MB] (November 2017)
- Task Group on Identity Management in NACO Report [PDF; 34 KB] (November 2017)
- URIs Task Group Report [PDF; 289 KB] (November 2017)
- Report to the PCC on the Second IMLS Shareable Local Authorities Forum [PDF; 64 KB] (May 2017)
- URI Task Group Report [PDF; 231 KB] (April 15, 2017)
- Modifying the Representation Structure on the PCC Policy Committee (November 18, 2016) [PDF; 99 KB]
- Revised Final Report of the PCC ISBD and MARC Task Group (October 2016) [PDF; 1 MB]
- Report of the PCC Ad Hoc Task Group on Gender in Name Authority Records (October 2016) [PDF; 325 KB]
- PCC Task Group on Supplements and Special Numbers to Serials (August 8, 2016) [PDF: 37 KB]
- Charge for PCC SCS/LDAC Task Group on the Work Entity (July 2016) [Word: 20KB]
- PCC Guidelines for Creating Bibliographic Records in Multiple Character Sets, (June 2016, revised Sept. 7, 2017) [PDF: 436 KB]
- PCC SCS FRBR-LRM Review (April 25, 2016) [PDF: 52 KB]
- Charge for PCC Linked Data Advisory Committee (April 2016) [Word: 28KB]
- Charge for PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO (April 2016) [PDF: 74KB]
- NACO Lite? -- Reimagining Name Authority Work as Identity Management [PowerPoint: 462KB]
- Charge for PCC Task Group on URIs in MARC (October 2015)
Note: See also task group reports on the Task Groups page.
PCC Policy Committee (PoCo) Meetings
- 2023 (PDF, 184 KB)
- 2022 (PDF, 258 KB)
- 2021 (PDF, 166 KB)
- 2020 (PDF, 110 KB)
- 2019 (PDF, 110 KB)
- 2018 (PDF, 127 KB)
- 2017 (PDF, 152 KB)
- 2016 (Word, 48 KB)
- 2015 (Word, 60 KB)
- 2014 (Word, 60 KB)
- 2013 (Word, 62 KB)
- 2012 (Word, 46 KB)
- 2011 (Word, 53 KB)
- 2010
- 2009 (PDF, 24KB)
- 2008 (PDF, 60 KB)
PCC Operations Committee (OpCo) Meetings
- 2024 (PDF, 166 KB)
- 2023 (PDF, 181 KB)
- 2022 (PDF, 182 KB)
- 2021 (PDF, 304 KB)
- 2020 (PDF, 34 KB)
- 2019 (PDF, 34 KB)
- 2018 (PDF, 30 KB)
- 2017 (Word, 43 KB)
- 2016 (Word, 58 KB)
- 2015 (Word, 90 KB)
- 2014 (Word, 45 KB)
- 2013 (Word, 68 KB)
- 2011
- 1997-2014 (CONSER Operations Committee)
ALA Meetings
- 2024 Annual: PCC Participants' Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 244 KB], Recording (external link) (1:25:35), Passcode: 3wY2+daF
- 2024 Annual: PCC Participants' Meeting [PDF, 248 KB]
- 2024 "Midwinter": PCC Participants' Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 255 KB], Recording (external link) (01:29:42), Passcode: %kT+v4b?
- 2023 Annual: PCC Participant's Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 247 KB], Recording (external link) (01:18:53), Passcode: N72FfkY@
- 2023 "Midwinter": PCC Participants' Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 255 KB], Recording (01:07:33), Passcode: N?Vh9!$C
- 2022 Annual: PCC Participants' Meeting [PDF, 375 KB]
- 2022 "Midwinter": PCC Participants' Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 297 KB], Recording (external link) (01:53:59)
- 2021 Annual: PCC Participants'/At-Large Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 185 KB], Recording (external link)
- 2021 Midwinter: PCC Participants'/At-Large Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 181 KB], Recording (external link) (01:58:36)
- 2020 Annual: PCC Participants'/At-Large Meeting (Virtual) [PDF, 143 KB], Recording (external link) [01:50:10], and CONSER Virtual Meeting [PDF, 137 KB]
- 2020 Midwinter: PCC At Large Meeting [PDF, 83 KB], PCC Participants' Meeting [PDF, 101KB]
- 2019 Annual: PCC At Large Meeting [Word, 23 KB], PCC Participants' Meeting [Word, 24KB]
- 2019 Midwinter: PCC At Large Meeting [PDF, 76 KB], PCC Participants' Meeting [PDF, 90KB]
SACO-at-Large Meetings
- 2015 Annual, San Francisco, CA, Meeting Summary (PPT: 132 KB)
- 2014 Midwinter, Philadelphia, PA, Meeting Summary (PDF: 168 KB)
- PCC Update (PDF: 80 KB)
- 2013 Midwinter, Seattle, WA
- Presentation: "Tips for Making Successful Subject Proposals" / Janis L. Young [PPT: 70 KB]
- Handout [PDF: 2431 KB]
- 2010 Annual, Washington, DC, Meeting Summary
- 2010 Midwinter, Boston, MA, Meeting Summary
- 2009 Annual, Chicago, IL, Meeting Summary
- 2009 Midwinter, Denver, CO
- Presentation: "SACO Workflow & Tracking of SACO Proposals" / John N. Mitchell [PPT: 142 KB]
- 2008 Annual, Anaheim, CA, Meeting Summary
- 2008 Midwinter, Philadelphia, PA, Meeting Summary
Strategic Planning Documents
- Strategic Directions, 2023-2027 [PDF, 244 KB]
- Strategic Directions 2018-2022, Outcomes and Accomplishments (PDF; 161 KB)
- Strategic Directions 2015-2017: Presentation at ALA Midwinter 2015 [PDF, 3.32 MB]
- Strategic Directions 2015-2017: White Papers and Themes
PCC Communication Board (2018-2020)
- PCC Communication Board: Pilot Proposal [PDF; 93 KB] (June 2018)
- PCC Comm Channel: quarterly bulletin issued by PCC Communication Board (Pilot Project, 2018-2020)
PCC Standing Committee Reports
Standing Committee on Applications (formerly: Standing Committee on Automation)
Annual and Quarterly Reports
- Quarterly Report, April 2009 (PDF, 26KB)
- FY09 Annual (PDF, 14KB)
- FY08 Annual
- FY07 Annual
Task Group Reports
- Normalization
- Authority file comparison rules (PDF, 46KB)
- Linking Entries
- Linking Entries Final Report (PDF, 468 KB)
Standing Committee on Standards
Annual and Quarterly Reports
- Series Policy Task Force Interim Report [Word, 112 KB]
- ALA Report, July 2009 (PDF, 37KB)
- OpCo Report, 2009 (PDF, 26KB)
- FY09 Annual (PDF, 23KB)
- FY08 Annual
- FY07 Annual
Standing Committee on Training
Annual and Quarterly Reports
- 3rd Quarter Quarterly Report, June 2009 (PDF, 13KB)
- 2nd Quarter Quarterly Report, April 2009
- FY08 Annual
- FY07 Annual
Task Group Reports, etc.
- Report on Available Linked Data Training Resources (Sept. 2015; revised Nov. 16, 2015) [Word 25KB]
- Instructional Methodologies (Jan. 2015) [PDF: 158 KB]
- RDA NACO Program Training Workshop Task Group: Charge (Word : 14 KB). Formed in July 2012 under the chairmanship of Lori Robare. Created RDA training modules designed for new NACO Program members. Completed its work in May 2013.
- RDA Series Training Task Group: Charge (Word : 50 KB). Formed in July 2012 under the chairmanship of Carl Horne. Developed RDA NACO Series Bridge training in 2013 for AACR2 series authorities catalogers making the transition to RDA. Developed RDA NACO Series Training in 2014 new PCC members.
- Task Group on RDA Training Materials: Formed in Jan. 2012 under the chairmanship of Larisa Walsh. Collected existing RDA training documentation from PCC and non-PCC sources and posted them to the Cataloger's Learning Workshop (CLW) in Oct. 2012.
- RDA Records Task Group: Formed in November 2011 under the chairmanship of George Prager. Collected a wealth of RDA bibliographic and authority records to be used for training and educational purposes and posted them to the Catalogers Learning Workshop web page in March 2012.
- RDA NACO "Bridge" Reviewers Online Workshop: A one-hour online workshop, organized and presented by the PCC Standing Committee on Training, giving guidance and some best practices for RDA NACO review. Recorded July 25, 2012.
- RDA NACO "Bridge" Reviewers Handbook (PDF, 800 KB)
- Task Group to Revise the E-Serials Module: Work completed March 2012.
- Module 31: Remote Access Electronic Serials (Online Serials) on the CONSER web site (PDF, 1,007 KB)
- Final report: Cover Letter (Word : 13 KB)
- Final: Revised Module 31 (Word : 823 KB)
- Final: RDA Issues (Word : 36 KB)