SACO Home: SACO - Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)

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About SACO (the subject authority component of the PCC)

Task Group on SACO Program Development

Final report submitted to PoCo, Oct. 24th 2003
- PCC Steering Committee response & SACO program restructuringMay 2004

For more information, contact the Cooperative Cataloging Team at the Library of Congress

SACO-At-Large Agenda
for ALA Midwinter 2009, Denver, Colorado
[LINK coming in 2009]

SACO-At-Large Meeting Summary
ALA Annual Anaheim, CA 2008

Subject/Classification Proposal Forms and Guidelines

Documentation, Tools, FAQ, etc.

en Español: Manual para participantes del Programa Cooperativo de Autoridades de Materias (Spanish translation of 1st edition)

Canadian Subject Headings
List of Web resources for use in preparing SACO proposals (updated January 8, 2009)

Proposal Status

Tentative (unapproved) weekly lists-Subject headings
Tentative (unapproved) weekly lists-LC classification numbers
Approved weekly lists of Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification Numbers
Search subject authorities (including proposed headings) via the LC web catalog

SACO Funnel Projects, SACO Mentors,

SACO Liaisons, SACO-Only Members

CPSO announcements and information on subject heading policies, etc.

Aboriginal Australians and Aboriginal Tasmanians
Information on subfield "v" implementation and creation of form/genre authority records at LC
Information on Subdivision authority records