PCC Task Group on SACO Program Development

Charge:

1) To identify institutional/participant needs to facilitate subject proposal contributions for inclusion in LCSH.
2) To recommend parameters for membership in SACO
3) To propose a list of responsibilities that accompany SACO membership, both from the PCC and the participant perspective.

It is expected that by satisfying these charges the task group will be developing recommendations for the programmatic structure for the SACO Program of the PCC, as directed by action item 6d of the PCC Policy Committee meeting summary November, 2002. The final report of the task force will contain recommendations including those that:

1) Outline a SACO training scenario, including what responsibilities the PCC has in providing/sharing the existing subject cataloging documentation or that which might be newly developed.
2) Suggest a mechanism for facilitating the contribution and distribution of subject proposals among subject trainers and training institutions for internal review, for final review by LC editorial review staff, and for distribution of approved headings to the community at large.
3) Identify whose responsibility it should be to implement each of the elements described.

Deadline: Preliminary report due by ALA Annual, June 2003 with a final report to be submitted in time for consideration at Annual PoCo Meeting November, 2003.