Penn State University Libraries - NACO

• NACO Home Page

• Library of Congress Cataloging Newsline (LCCN)

• Cataloging Policy & Support Office (CPSO) Home Page

• Search Library of Congress Catalogs

• NACO Training for OCLC Libraries
  - Each contributor has a copy; one copy in Cataloging Reference
  

• OCLC Authorities Users Guide - Available on the Web 

• USMARC Format for Authority Data
  [includes: Descriptive Cataloging Manual: Z1, Name and Series Authority Records [yellow sheets]
  - Available in Cataloger's Desktop; one copy in Cataloging Reference 

• USMARC Concise Format for Authority Data - Available on the Web 

• NACO Participants' Manual
  - Available in Cataloger's Desktop; included in the training manual; two copies in Cataloging Reference 

• Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., 1988 revision (AACR2R)
  - Available in Cataloger's Desktop; one copy in Cataloging Reference
  

• Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
  - Available in Cataloger's Desktop; three copies in Cataloging Reference 

• Guidelines for Reporting NACO BFM

• OCLC Authorities Quick Reference

General

• Columbia Encyclopedia 

Personal Names

• African American Biographical Database, 1790-1950
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index
• Contemporary Authors
• FAQ explaining the current LC/NACO polices and practices for personal name pseudonyms

Corporate Names

• Associations Unlimited - Non-profit associations worldwide

Geographic Names

• U.S. Gazetteer - Official source of U.S. geographic names from the Census Bureau
• GEOnet Names Server (GNS) - Official Source for geographic names, this is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names

• Establishing NACO Geographic Names (courtesy Maps Cataloging Team)

John Attig, NACO Coordinator (JXA16)

Rebecca Mudgridge, Head of Cataloging Services (RLM31)

Paige Andrew (PGA2)

Jade (Yurong) Atwill (YYA2)

Ann Copeland (AUC1)

Jeff Edmunds (JHE2)

Robert Freeborn (RBF6)

Susan Hamburger (SXH36)

John Hamilton (JXH13)

Charlene Hitchcock (CXH199)

Susan Houser (SEH7)

Anna Letowski (AZL2)

Fannie Mui (SXM53)

Richard Paone (ROP2)

Jacqueline Peagler (JYP1)

Ken Robinson (KJR106)

Jeff Unger (JJU1)

Christopher Walker (CHW16)

For Corporate Names: John Attig, Ann Copeland, Rob Freeborn, Susan Hamburger, Christopher Walker

For Personal Names: John Attig, Ann Copeland, Rob Freeborn, Sue Hamburger, John Hamilton, Ken Robinson, Christopher Walker

For Series: John Attig, Ann Copeland, Christopher Walker

• Penn State NACO Contributors: ul-originalcat@lists.psu.edu

• NACO Trainer [Mary Charles Lasater]: Lasater@LIBRARY.Vanderbilt.edu

• LC Cooperative Cataloging Liaison [Carolyn Sturtevant]: cast@loc.gov

Additional Procedures:

Library of Congress Literary Author (053) request form

Subject Heading/SACO Resources