Hi,
        As the ND Funnel Coordinator, I would support that method to a
point. The coordinator has training and documenation responsibilities that
could get spread too thin, either in time or distance. However, it has
been working for our funnel and I have people in North Dakota, South
Dakota and Minnesota. Since the person presumably already has training in
the situation that brought up the discussion, it should be fairly easy to
manage.
                Shelby


'On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Ana Cristan wrote:

> Dear Kate, et al.
>    Traditionally NACO participation has been institution based because
> of the commitment to the initial 5-day training and because LC provides
> free documentation to NACO institutions to assure compliance with the
> most current policies and procedures (MARC 21 format and all updates,
> (including the DCM Z1 yellow pages--which are not available from CDS)
> and the LCRIs and its updates).
>    Perhaps rather than individual membership the model to be followed
> here should be a Funnel project.  Some of the Funnel Projects are
> comprised of single individuals from institutions, usually from a
> specialized branch library, where the general library may not belong to
> NACO.  Perhaps Bob (or Norine) would like to consider becoming the
> Funnel Coordinator for a General NACO Funnel Project (GenNACO??).
>    At ALA we heard from a retired NACO cataloger who is now working
> free-lance and from an active cataloger who moved from a NACO to a
> non-NACO institution both expressing the desire to continue NACO
> participation.
>    We'd be interested in hearing more discussion on this before taking
> the question of individual PCC membership to the PoCo for consideration.
>
> Ana Cristan
> Cooperative Cataloging Team
> Library of Congress
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> phone: 202.707.7921
> fax: 202.707.2824
>
> Kate Harcourt wrote:
> >
> > I think it is a good idea.  My only question/concern would be one of
> > logistics.  The new institution may not be an OCLC enhance library, thus
> > limiting participation.  Also some of us might question the pcc marker in
> > a record that does not have a participating library MARC21 symbol in the
> > 040.
> >
> > Kate
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Vicenti, Norine Isidora wrote:
> >
> > > That would be a good idea.  What if a former institutional cataloger became
> > > an independent cataloger?  If that person has present NACO contributing
> > > status, why not continue that status as a stand-alone if  so desired.?
> > >
> > > Thanks Robert for the suggestion.
> > >
> > > Norine Vicenti  (BYU alumni)
> > > Joint Bank-Fund Libary
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Robert Maxwell
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 7:03 PM
> > > > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject:      "Independent" pcc members
> > > >
> > > > PCC members:
> > > >
> > > > I was struck at Midwinter by the number of my cataloging colleagues who
> > > > have become what I will call "PCC orphans" by changing jobs, becoming
> > > > employed by a library that is not an institutional NACO/BIBCO member. I
> > > > think as the years pass the number of such catalogers will grow. It seems
> > > > to me we are losing a rich resource by abandoning these experienced PCC
> > > > catalogers, many of whom would like to continue contributing. Would it be
> > > > possible to establish a category of "independent" or "personal" membership
> > > > that would allow those who have been contributors to the program at their
> > > > original institution continue to contribute even if their current
> > > > institution does not participate?
> > > >
> > > > Bob Maxwell
> > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > > > Robert L. Maxwell
> > > > Special Collections and Ancient Languages Cataloger
> > > > 6428 Harold B. Lee Library
> > > > Brigham Young University
> > > > Provo, UT 84602
> > > > (801) 378-5568
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > >
>

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