CJK NACO Project

The CJK NACO Project was established in November 2006. The Project is the means by which more CJK name authority records will be added to the NAF, and thereby increase the number of bibliographical records that can be used with little or no local editing. It offers an opportunity to institutions with East Asian materials to participate collectively, ultimately providing better standardized access to these collections. Members may be individual institutions which may otherwise not meet expected NACO contribution levels. This Project also affords the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)'s cataloging community a forum in which they can interact with LC and other PCC members. It provides a voice for expressing opinions about cataloging policy and standard issues.

To become a member of the CJK NACO Project, please read about NACO Funnels, contact the Funnel Coordinator, and submit the NACO Application online following the instructions.

Further information about the CJK NACO Project can be found on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

Membership/Liaisons in the CJK NACO Project

CJK NACO Reviewers

CJK NACO Best Practices

• CJK Pseudonyms Best Practices (Word : 21 KB) (May 15, 2019)
• CJK NACO Best Practices (updated: March 12, 2022)
• CJK NACO Best Practices for Japanese Creative Names (PDF : 229 KB) (Aug. 22, 2019)
• CJK NACO Best Practices for Chinese/Korean Personal names in Japanese Publications (PDF : 1.60 MB) (March 10, 2022)

CJK Funnel References Project

Project Guidelines (Word : 31 KB) (May 2019)

Training, Part I: an Introduction (PPT : 213 KB) (October 2019)

Training, Part II: a practical guide: Recording (02:07:35) (Sept. 24, 2019) ; PowerPoint presentation (PPT : 1.21 MB) (October 2019, Updated February 2022)

Training, Part III: on Phase II and Phase III: PowerPoint presentation (PPT : 2.01 MB) (February 2022, updated June 2022)

CJK NACO Trainings

Training documents from NACO CJK Training Workshop in September 2017, updated September 2023:

• NACO CJK Searching (PDF : 709 KB)
• NACO CJK Identifying Persons and Families (PDF : 3.14 MB)
• NACO CJK Identifying Corporate Bodies and Conferences (PDF : 2.18 MB)
• NACO CJK Identifying Places (PDF : 1.71 MB)
• NACO CJK Identifying Works and Expressions (PDF : 2.12 MB)

Documents from CJK NACO References Webinars (November 2011 - March 2012)

• NACO CJK Personal Names References (PDF : 529 KB)
• Personal Names References Q&A (PDF : 34 KB)
• NACO CJK Corporate Names References (PDF : 450 KB)
• Corporate Names References Q&A (PDF : 20 KB)
• NACO CJK Conference Names References (PDF : 527 KB)

CJK-Associated Documentation and Announcements

• CJK NACO review guidelines (Nov. 10, 2007; rev. May 28, 2019)
• Library of Congress CJK Compatibility Database
• Change in Practice for Spacing CJK Language Bibliographic Records
• Cataloging of Nonroman Script Materials at LC FAQ
• Non-Latin Script Data in Name Authority Records: General Information
• Announcement on non-Latin Characters in Name Authority Records
• Consult the Frequently Asked Questions page for further specific CJK name authority questions.
• Japanese Romanization Table
  • Significant Changes in the 2012 Revision
  • Issues on Transition from Diacritic Alif to Apostrophe
• Korean BFM on Revised Korean Romanization and Word Division Guidelines
  • Significant Changes on Revised Guidelines
  • Korean BFM Workflow
  • Current BFM Worklist
• Implementation of Apostrophes in Japanese Romanized Cataloging and Proposed Revision of the ALA-LC Japanese Romanization Table

For more information contact:

CJK NACO Project
Shi Deng
Head, CJK Cataloging and Metadata
BIBCO Coordinator
UC San Diego Library
University of California, San Diego
phone: (858) 822-2104
email: [email protected]

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Last update: October 4, 2023