BIBCO Program Information:

• Overview of the Program
• FAQ on How to Join
• Program Parameters
• Application/Information Form
• BIBCO Workshop Syllabus

For more information contact the BIBCO Coordinator or any member of the BIBCO Operations Committee

BIBCO Libraries, Liaisons, Members, Trainers:

• Participating Libraries
• Operations Committee (OpCo) members
• List of Liaisons
• List of Trainers
  • Materials for Trainers

Approved Core Record Standards:
(Harmonized, revised & reformatted Sept. 2002)

Meeting notices, agendas, groups, reports, etc.

• BIBCO-At-Large Agenda for ALA Anaheim, California 2008
• Summary of the 2008 BIBCO Operations Committee Meeting
• BIBCO Operations Committee 2008 Meeting Agenda
• Provider Neutral E-Monograph Guidelines: Final Report Dec. 19, 2008 [PDF, 255 KB / 12p.]
• BIBCO Annual report, FY2008
• BIBCO Titles in RLG Union Catalog, 2004
• Integrating Resources
  • Distribution issues
  • Task Group on Distribution of IRs
• Task Group to survey PCC libraries on cataloging of remote access electronic resources
  • Final Report
• BIBCO Survey on Cataloger Attitudes Toward the Core Record:
  • Exec. Summary & Recommendations
  • Full Final Report

Archived documents, reports, etc.

• Modes of Cataloging for Electronic Resources recommendations [PDF: 192KB / 37p.]
• Counting Non-Filing Characters in MARC 21, change in practice [PDF: 55KB / 1p.]
  • Table illustrating changes
  • MARC 21 guidelines
• AACR2 2002 Revisions:
  • Overview
  • Impact on Looseleafs
  • Integrating remote access e-resources
• Core level cataloging implementation at LC
• Symbols Used in 040 Fields (LC perspective)
• LC Bibliographic Records That Reflect a Mixture of Cataloging Practice
• Resource records used as copy at LC
• "In-Process" State LC core records
  • LC Discontinues "In-Process" Record Distribution
• Notification form of available BIBCO record for LC "In-process" record