Reports & News Archive

News Archive

• PCC Comm Channel: quarterly bulletin of the PCC issued by PCC Communication Board (Pilot Project, 2018-2020)
• PCC Task Group on Metadata Application Profiles: Charge (Apr. 2019), Interim report [PDF; 93 KB] (Oct. 2019), Final Report [PDF; 307 KB] (May 2020)
• PCC Task Group on Linked Data Best Practices: Final Report [PDF; 183 KB] (Sept. 12, 2019)
• Linked Data Advisory Committee: Annual Report [PDF; 36 KB] (Oct. 2019)
• PCC Guidelines for Minimally Punctuated MARC Bibliographic Records (policy effective Jan. 2020): Guidelines [Word; 79 KB], Training [PPT; 130 KB] (rev. Apr. 2020), FAQ
• Task Group on Engagement and Broadening the PCC Community: Final report [PDF; 3.6 MB]; Recommendations [PDF; 87 KB] (Oct. 2019)
• Formulating and Obtaining URIs: a guide to commonly used vocabularies and reference sources [PDF 4.6 MB] (March 2019; revised June 2019)
• PCC Policy on Terminal Periods: Guidelines [PDF; 173 KB] and MARC field summary [Excel; 20 KB] (April 2019)
• Transitioning to Identity Management: Experiences with the PCC ISNI Pilot [PPT; 1.8 MB] (June 2018)
• PCC Communication Board: Pilot Proposal [PDF; 93 KB] (June 2018)
• PCC Task Group on Legal Status [PDF; 92 KB] (February 26, 2018)
• PCC URI Task Group: URI FAQs (PDF; 225 KB) (February 2018; revised September 2018)
• BIBFRAME Task Group Report [PDF; 96 KB] (November 2017)
• PCC ISNI Pilot Home Page (November 2017)
• SCS/LDAC Task Group on the Work Entity White paper on the work entity [PDF; 1.2 MB] (November 2017)
• Task Group on Identity Management in NACO Report [PDF; 34 KB] (November 2017)
• URIs Task Group Report [PDF; 289 KB] (November 2017)
• Report to the PCC on the Second IMLS Shareable Local Authorities Forum [PDF; 64 KB] (May 2017)
• URI Task Group Report [PDF; 231 KB] (April 15, 2017)
• Modifying the Representation Structure on the PCC Policy Committee (November 18, 2016) [PDF; 99 KB]
• Revised Final Report of the PCC ISBD and MARC Task Group (October 2016) [PDF; 1 MB]
• Report of the PCC Ad Hoc Task Group on Gender in Name Authority Records (October 2016) [PDF; 325 KB]
• PCC Task Group on Supplements and Special Numbers to Serials (August 8, 2016) [PDF: 37 KB]
• Charge for PCC SCS/LDAC Task Group on the Work Entity (July 2016) [Word: 20KB]
• PCC Guidelines for Creating Bibliographic Records in Multiple Character Sets, (June 2016, revised Sept. 7, 2017) [PDF: 436 KB]
• PCC SCS FRBR-LRM Review (April 25, 2016) [PDF: 52 KB]
• Charge for PCC Linked Data Advisory Committee (April 2016) [Word: 28KB]
• Charge for PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO (April 2016) [PDF: 74KB]
• NACO Lite? -- reimagining name authority work as identity management [PowerPoint: 462KB]
• Charge for PCC Task Group on URIs in MARC (October 2015)

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PCC Policy Committee (PoCo) Meeting Outcomes

• 2020 (PDF, 110 KB)
• 2019 (PDF, 110 KB)
• 2018 (PDF, 127 KB)
• 2017 (PDF, 152 KB)
• 2016 (Word, 48 KB)
• 2015 (Word, 60 KB)
• 2014 (Word, 60 KB)
• 2013 (Word, 62 KB)
• 2012 (Word, 46 KB)
• 2011 (Word, 53 KB)
• 2010
• 2009 (PDF, 24KB)
• 2008 (PDF, 60 KB)

PCC Operations Committee (OpCo) Meetings

Agendas

• 2020 (PDF, 34 KB)
• 2019 (PDF, 34 KB)
• 2018 (PDF, 30 KB)
• 2017 (Word, 43 KB)
• 2016 (Word, 58 KB)
• 2015 (Word, 90 KB)

Joint Meeting Outcomes

• 2014 (Word, 45 KB)
• 2013 (Word, 68 KB)
• 2011

CONSER Operation Committee Meeting Outcomes

• Meeting summaries 1997-2014

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PCC Standing Committee Reports

Standing Committee on Applications (formerly: Standing Committee on Automation)

Annual and Quarterly Reports

• Quarterly Report, April 2009 (PDF, 26KB)
• FY09 Annual (PDF, 14KB)
• FY08 Annual
• FY07 Annual

Task Group Reports

• Normalization
• Authority file comparison rules (PDF, 46KB)
• Linking Entries
• Linking Entries Final Report (PDF, 468 KB)

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Standing Committee on Standards

Annual and Quarterly Reports

• Series Policy Task Force Interim Report [Word, 112 KB]
• ALA Report, July 2009 (PDF, 37KB)
• OpCo Report, 2009 (PDF, 26KB)
• FY09 Annual (PDF, 23KB)
• FY08 Annual
• FY07 Annual

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Standing Committee on Training

Annual and Quarterly Reports

• 3rd Quarter Quarterly Report, June 2009 (PDF, 13KB)
• 2nd Quarter Quarterly Report, April 2009
• FY08 Annual
• FY07 Annual

Task Group Reports, etc.

• Report on Available Linked Data Training Resources (Sept. 2015; revised Nov. 16, 2015) [Word 25KB]
• Instructional Methodologies (Jan. 2015) [PDF: 158 KB]
• RDA NACO Program Training Workshop Task Group: Charge (Word : 14 KB). Formed in July 2012 under the chairmanship of Lori Robare. Created RDA training modules designed for new NACO Program members. Completed its work in May 2013.
• RDA Series Training Task Group: Charge (Word : 50 KB). Formed in July 2012 under the chairmanship of Carl Horne. Developed RDA NACO Series Bridge training in 2013 for AACR2 series authorities catalogers making the transition to RDA. Developed RDA NACO Series Training in 2014 new PCC members.
• Task Group on RDA Training Materials: Formed in Jan. 2012 under the chairmanship of Larisa Walsh. Collected existing RDA training documentation from PCC and non-PCC sources and posted them to the Cataloger's Learning Workshop (CLW) in Oct. 2012.
• RDA Records Task Group: Formed in November 2011 under the chairmanship of George Prager. Collected a wealth of RDA bibliographic and authority records to be used for training and educational purposes and posted them to the Catalogers Learning Workshop web page in March 2012.
• RDA NACO "Bridge" Reviewers Online Workshop: A one-hour online workshop, organized and presented by the PCC Standing Committee on Training, giving guidance and some best practices for RDA NACO review. Recorded July 25, 2012.
  • RDA NACO "Bridge" Reviewers Handbook (PDF, 800 KB)
• Task Group to Revise the E-Serials Module: Work completed March 2012.
  • Module 31: Remote Access Electronic Serials (Online Serials) on the CONSER web site (PDF, 1,007 KB)
  • Final report: Cover Letter (Word : 13 KB)
  • Final: Revised Module 31 (Word : 823 KB)
  • Final: RDA Issues (Word : 36 KB)

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  ALA Meetings

  • 2020 Annual: PCC Virtual Meeting [PDF, 143 KB], Recording [01:50:10], and CONSER Virtual Meeting [PDF, 137 KB] (replacements for cancelled in-person PCC at Large and PCC Participants' Meetings)
  • 2020 Midwinter: PCC At Large Meeting [PDF, 83 KB], PCC Participants' Meeting [PDF, 101KB]
  • 2019 Annual: PCC At Large Meeting [Word, 23 KB], PCC Participants' Meeting [Word, 24KB]
  • 2019 Midwinter: PCC At Large Meeting [PDF, 76 KB], PCC Participants' Meeting [PDF, 90KB]

  SACO-at-Large Meetings

  • 2015 Annual, San Francisco, CA, Meeting Summary (PPT: 132 KB)
  • 2014 Midwinter, Philadelphia, PA, Meeting Summary (PDF: 168 KB)
    • PCC Update (PDF: 80 KB)
  • 2013 Midwinter, Seattle, WA
    • Presentation: "Tips for Making Successful Subject Proposals" / Janis L. Young [PPT: 70 KB]
    • Handout [PDF: 2431 KB]
  • 2010 Annual, Washington, DC, Meeting Summary
  • 2010 Midwinter, Boston, MA, Meeting Summary
  • 2009 Annual, Chicago, IL, Meeting Summary
  • 2009 Midwinter, Denver, CO
    • Presentation: "SACO Workflow & Tracking of SACO Proposals" / John N. Mitchell [PPT: 142 KB]
  • 2008 Annual, Anaheim, CA, Meeting Summary
  • 2008 Midwinter, Philadelphia, PA, Meeting Summary

  Strategic Planning Documents

  • Strategic Directions 2018-2021
  • Strategic Directions 2015-2017 Presentation at ALA Midwinter 2015 [PDF, 3.32 MB]
  • Strategic Directions 2015-2017: White Papers and Themes

  BIBCO Standard Record Task Group Final Reports

  • Notated Music (BSR/SCO) (PDF, 84KB)
  • Sound Recordings (BSR/SR) (PDF, 84KB)
  • Rare Books (BSR/RB) (PDF, 52KB)
  • Cartographic Materials (BSR/CART) (PDF, 49KB)
  • Graphic Materials (BSR/Graphic) (PDF, 48KB)
  • Visual Materials (BSR/Visual) (PDF, 50KB)
  • Electronic Resources (BSR/E-Resources) (PDF, 75KB)
  • Final Report of the Task Group on BIBCO Standard Record Requirements (PDF, 54KB)

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