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SACO-at-Large

ALA Midwinter Meeting

Boston, MassachusettsSunday, January 17, 201011:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon

Boston Convention & Exhibition CenterRoom 257A

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SACO Program Update

• SACO Program staffing

• SACO Program status report

• 034 fields in authority records

• SACO website revisions

• 50,000th SACO proposal!

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SACO Program staffing

• Farewell to John Mitchell

• LC Cooperative Programs SACO staff

• 3 persons processing incoming proposals and correspondence

• 4 additional persons serving as SACO Program “adjuncts”

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SACO Program status report

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10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

FY01 FY03 FY05 FY07 FY09

Cumulative Totals of New Subject AuthorityRecords Contributed by SACO Program Participants

FY2001- FY2009 Mid-Year

49,916 at the end

of FY09

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034 fields in authority records

• MARC Standards Technical Notice (September 30, 2009):

Field 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)

The following codes are for use in subfield $2 in field 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data) in the Authority and Bibliographic formats…

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034 fields in authority records

LC Guidelines

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034 fields in authority recordsDCM Z1

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034 fields in authority records

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SACO website revisions

• SACO webpage used as a prototype for all PCC webpages revisions

• PCC webpages nearly complete

• LC internal meetings to resume on Jan. 20, 2010

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50,000th SACO proposal!

Drumroll … and Celebration

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50,000th SACO proposal!