Standing Committee on Automation

Charge of the SCA - Members - Task Groups

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Reports:

• SCA Annual Report, 2007
• "Authority File Comparison Rules" Task Group on Normalization: Final Report
• PCC MARC Record Guide for Monograph Vendors: Final Version
• SCA 4th Quarter Report, Oct.- Dec. 2006
• MARC Record Guide for Monograph Aggregator Vendors for Comments
• FREVR Final Report of the Monograph Aggregator Task Group--Functional Requirements for Electronic Vendor Records
• SCA Midyear Report (Oct. 2005-June 2006)
• Notes of the SCA Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2005
• Final Report of the TG on Linking Entries (PDF)
• Standing Committee on Automation Quarterly Report - Oct.-Dec. 2004
• Monograph Aggregator Task Group
• Notes of the SCA meeting at ALA 2004 Midwinter
• Annual report of the Standing Committee on Automation (PDF)
• Final report of the Task Group on Series Numbering (PDF)
• Final Report - 3rd Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases
• Final report of the 2nd Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases
• Final Report of the Task Group on Automated Classification
  Update prepared for BIBCO/CONSER OpCo meeting May 2001
• Final report of the Task Group on OCLC Batch Processing, June 2001
• Interim report of the 2nd Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases.
• Final report of the First Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases
• Final Report of the Joint Task Group (Automation and Standards) on Streamlining Authority Record Creation
• Standard for Machine-Proposed Authority Records by Gary L. Strawn for the PCC Standing Committee on Automation

Archived reports/meeting notes, etc. of the SCA

Task Groups:

• Task Group on Normalization
• SCA Task Group on Linking Entries
• Third Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases
• SCA Task Group on Series Numbering
• SCA Task Group on OCLC Batch Processing (2001)
• New Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases
• First Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases
• Task Group on Automated Classification

Links to automation enhancements advocated by the SCA:

• Real time upload of BIBCO records created in a local system using OCLC's Cataloging Micro Enhancer
• NACO macro now available for OCLC participating libraries

Charge: The Standing Committee on Automation shall identify automation issues to be resolved in order to implement the mission of the Program and shall formulate plans to present PCC requirements to vendors; to elicit support from other organizations which share automation interests, e.g., LITA; and to facilitate cooperation among LC, Program participants and the bibliographic utilities to work together on the Program's automation requirements and goals.