University Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services

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NACO Resources

• NACO Home Page
• Library of Congress Cataloging Newsline (LCCN)
• Cataloging Policy & Support Office (CPSO) Home Page
• Search Library of Congress Catalogs

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Documentation

• 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

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Reference Sources

General

Encyclopedia Britannica

Personal Names

African American Biographical Database, 1790-1950

Biography & Genealogy Master Index

Contemporary Authors

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

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Penn State Policies and Procedures

• Establishing NACO Geographic Names (courtesy Maps Cataloging Team)
  
• Establishing NACO Personal Names (PSU Procedures)

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Penn State NACO Contributors

John Attig, NACO Coordinator (JXA16)
Rebecca Mudgridge, Head of Cataloging Services (RLM31)
Paige Andrew (PGA2)
Jade (Yurong) Atwill (YYA2)
Ann Copeland (AUC1)
Will Covington (WKC1)
Jeff Edmunds (JHE2)
Robert Freeborn (RBF6)
George Hall (GLH3)
Susan Hamburger (SXH36)
John Hamilton (JXH13)
Charlene Hitchcock (CXH199)
Susan Houser (SEH7)
Lori Leatherman (LAL7)
Anna Letowski (AZL2)
Jacqueline Peagler (JYP1)
Beth Pfeiffer (BAC9)
Ken Robinson (KJR106)
Jeff Unger (JJU1)
Christopher Walker (CHW16)

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Current NACO Revisors

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

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

For Series: John Attig, Ann Copeland, Christopher Walker

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    to:

• Penn State NACO Contributors
• NACO Trainer [Mary Charles Lasater]
• LC Cooperative Cataloging Liaison [Carolyn Sturtevant]

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