Library of Congress
Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Documentation & Updates
- BIBCO Standard Record (BSR) Metadata Application Profiles (current RDA and superseded AACR2 versions)
- BIBCO Participants' Manual (April 5, 2022) [PDF: 652 KB]
- Guidelines for the Use of ISO 639-3 Language Codes in MARC Records (optional practice, Jan. 2023) [PDF; 506 KB]
- PCC Guidelines for Minimally Punctuated MARC Bibliographic Records (optional practice, Jan. 2020) [Word; 31 KB], Training [PPT; 130 KB] (rev. Dec. 2020), FAQ (external link)
- OCLC announcement on implementation of BIBCO role in WorldShare Record Manager (Aug. 27, 2019)
- Training Manual for Applying Relationship Designators in Bibliographic Records (Jan. 22, 2015) [PDF; 343 KB]
- PCC Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Records Guide (current RDA and superseded AACR2 versions)
- PCC Guidelines for Creating Bibliographic Records in Multiple Character Sets (Sept. 7, 2017) [PDF; 412 KB]
- ALA-LC Romanization Tables
- PCC Guidelines for the 264 Field (June 11, 2012) [Word; 45 KB]
- MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
- RDA Decisions, Policies, and Guidelines
- LC Subject Heading Manual (SHM)
- LC Classification and Shelflisting Manual (CSM)
- Report of the PCC Post-Implementation Hybrid Bibliographic Records Guidelines Task Group (Feb. 25, 2013) [Word: 56 KB]
- Guidelines for working with RDA and non-RDA records prior to implementation of RDA (2011)
- Identification and Authentication of BIBCO Records
- Policy on Classification Numbers in BIBCO Records
- BIBCO Program Parameters