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Procedures:

Individual NACO membership:

Funnel NACO membership:

Application

institution sends one application to Coop team

each institution sends application:

if joining an established funnel, to coordinator and/or to Coop Team;

if new funnel being formed, to coordinator;

in any case funnel coordinator is responsible for assuring that all applications are sent to Coop team

Who receives administrative mailings?

Library director, Tech services head, NACO contact as appropriate

Funnel coordinator, who informs funnel members as needed

Who may subscribe to PCClist?

All participants in library as requested

All participants in funnel as requested

Who receives free CDS subscription? (LCRIs, MARC21, DCM Z1)

one copy sent to institution

one copy sent to coordinator, who provides copies to all participants; some funnel coordinators may assess fees from members for photocopies, etc. as predetermined by funnel

Training

5 day general NACO training by PCC NACO trainer for NACO contact and all who will contribute headings (5th day optional)

Funnel Coordinator may be trained before or during funnel training; participants may be trained by coordinator or by PCC NACO trainer; scheduling flexible as predetermined by funnel coordinator

Training location

at LC or at institution

determined by funnel coordinator and members

Training materials

NACO training materials accessed online and printed locally for each trainee. Request access through trainer or NACO coordinator at LC

NACO training materials accessed online and printed locally for each trainee. Request access through trainer or NACO coordinator at LC

Utility membership/NACO authorization

Utility membership and NACO authorization required; may contribute via more than one utility; local NACO contact applies directly to utility for NACO authorization

Utility membership and NACO authorization required of the funnel coordinator and any members who wish to contribute directly; members may contribute via more than one utility; each local NACO contact applies directly to utility for NACO authorization

Utility input/update skills

pre-requisite for NACO training; must be arranged via utility

pre-requisite for NACO training if PCC NACO trainer is involved; must be arranged via utility, or, funnel coordinator may provide

MARC codes used for record contribution

records may be contributed under all institutional codes (within 040) for which library has NACO authorization; local NACO coordinator applies for this from LC's Network Development and MARC Standards Office

records may be contributed under all institutional codes (within 040) for which member libraries have NACO authorization; or, under symbol of funnel coordinator; each member library applies for code from LC's MARC Standards & Network Development Office

Cost

institution pays expenses of trainer

dependent on arrangements; funnel pays expenses if PCC NACO trainer does training

Review

by local NACO contact and trainer/reviewer until independent; NACO contact continues internal quality review, communication with coop liaison

by funnel coordinator if that cataloger is independent for NACO, or by NACO trainer/reviewer; funnel coordinator may continue internal quality review as needed; consultation with coop liaison as necessary

Independent status

granted to institution; must maintain NACO leadership and skills

granted to coordinator; coordinator may grant to individual contributors; if funnel member wishes to go solo, NACO coordinator consults funnel coordinator for further training/review needs

Expansion opportunities

PCC encourages expansion of NACO activity within institution and its departmental libraries

PCC encourages expansion of NACO activity in consultation with funnel coordinator

PCC voting rights

one vote per institution in PCC elections, cast by library director

one vote per funnel; cast by funnel coordinator as representative of all the funnel members