PCC Task Group on Assessment

Charge:

The Task Group on Assessment is charged with identifying data that would be useful to the Policy Committee in assessing the effectiveness of  the Program in meeting the needs of libraries for cataloging records and  authoritative headings.  Specifically, the Task Group should:

 1)  identify measures to assess the extent to which PCC records cover the range of new materials acquired by PCC member libraries;

 2)  propose data needed to identify gaps in coverage of specific subjects,  languages, and formats;

 3)  include measures of the timeliness with which new records are available;

 4)  propose practicable means by which such data could be collected, with the assistance of the bibliographic utilities and/or selected member libraries.

 Timeline:

The Task Group should submit its report to the Policy Committee in time for discussion at the November 2003 meeting.  Interim report