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Through this program, participants contribute authority records for agents, places, works, and expressions to the LC/NACO Authority File. Membership in NACO is open to individual institutions willing to support their staff through a process of training, review, and direct contributions of records to the LC/NACO Name Authority File.
Documentation & Updates
- NACO 024 Best Practices Guidelines [PDF, 939 KB] created by the PCC URIs in MARC Pilot NACO subgroup (Nov. 2020)
- Working with “Undifferentiated” conventional collective title work and expression authority records: FAQ [Word, 59 KB] created by the Standing Committee on Standards (Oct. 2020)
- NACO Participants' Manual 4th Edition [PDF : 792 KB] Revised and Updated for RDA by the PCC Standing Committee on Training, July 2020
- NACO Advisory Group (February 2020)
- PCC Guidelines for the Application of Relationship Designators in NACO Authority Records (November 2018) [Word : 66 KB]
- Library of Congress Discontinues NACO Literary Author Number Program [PDF : 130KB]
- Guidelines for Reporting NACO BFM
- LC-PCC Policy Statements for RDA
- DCM Z1 and LC Guidelines Supplement to MARC 21 Format for Authorities Data
- ALA-LC Romanization Tables
- PCC Post RDA Test Guidelines
See all NACO documentation & updates
Training
The PCC affords participants a full course of specialized NACO training and review leading to institutional independence in name authority work. This training is currently offered sequentially in segments that amount to a five day workshop. During the training, guidelines are discussed and expanded upon with an emphasis on building a consistent and predictable file in a collaborative environment.
- Learn more about the NACO Training Workshop
- Find a NACO Trainer in your area
- Cataloger's Learning Workshop (CLW)
- NACO Series Training Information
Learn more about NACO training
NACO Funnels
A NACO funnel project is a group of libraries that have joined together to contribute name authority records to the national authority file.
NACO Resources & Forms
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Join NACO
NACO partners are global leaders in uniquely identifying authorized names in international databases.
Note: As of January 2020, there is a temporary moratorium on accepting new members into the NACO Program because the PCC Secretariat is focused on revising documentation and training resources in preparation for anticipated changes in RDA. Until the moratorium has been lifted, please do not submit any applications to join the program. Exception: Existing funnel projects may add new members.
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Cataloging FAQs
- Personal Name NARs
- LC/PCC Practice for Creating NARs for Persons who use Pseudonyms (PDF: 345 KB)
- Corporate Name NARs
- 670 Fields
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