Vendor Resources

The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) produces reports and documentation of interest to vendors. Links to these documents are collected on this page.

Groups:

• PCC Advisory Committee for Library Systems and Vendors

Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic MARC Records:

• Minimum Viable MARC Bibliographic Records [PDF, 330 KB] (Dec. 2025)
• Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines (RDA and AACR2)
• PCC MARC Record Guide for Monograph Aggregator Vendors [PDF, 385 KB] (Sept. 2011)
• Recommended Data Elements for Machine-Derived Serial Records (Oct. 2001)

Authority Records:

• Authority File Comparison Rules (NACO Normalization) [PDF, 77 KB] (Revised April 1, 2009)

Holdings Format:

• Basic Compliance with MARC Holdings: a Definition (Aug. 2001)

 

Last updated: Dec. 15, 2025