PCC Membership Benefits

PCC institutions and staff:

Participate in:

• Programs that are shaping the future of cataloging practice
• Review and development of cost-efficient national and international cataloging standards
• Design and development of training course material
• Standing committees and task forces that define and extend the Program's policies, objectives, and standards

 Reduce:

• Cost of cataloging operations
• Burden of cataloging commonly-held materials
• Amount of local authority creation and maintenance

Increase:

• Number of catalogers working globally at defined cataloging standards
• Number of cataloging records that can be used with little or no local editing
• Number of authority records available to the larger library community

Receive:

• Training by experienced PCC trainers
• Free online access to training materials and selected cataloging documentation
• Career development opportunities through interaction with colleagues around the world