Since the book in hand matches the record in OCLC, I would totally ignore
the existence of the record in OCLC and just establish the heading based
on what was in hand and on any other records for other works found in
OCLC. The heading you come up with by doing this should be identical in
most cases to the heading that the other library would have come up with
by following the same practice. So the existence of the PCC record for
the same book doesn't really provide you with any new information.

As the NACO manager, however, I would like to be notified if some of our
BIBCO records lack corresponding authority records.


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On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Margaretta Yarborough wrote:

> In this instance, it was simply the omission of a NACO record; we weren't
> disagreeing with the heading form. It was simpler to go ahead and supply
> a straightforward AR, until we ran into the citation problem. The whole
> thing has been an illustration of "no good deed goes unpunished!"
>
> mjy
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> On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Martin Joachim wrote:
>
> > Jain is absolutely right. I have frequently referred problems back to the
> > originating libraries, and I certainly want to know when someone finds a
> > problem with any of our BIBCO or NACO records. Also, if I change a NACO
> > heading for some reason (a valid reason, of course), I attempt to inform
> > the library that originally created the record. I have also had other
> > libraries ask my permission to change NACO headings created by us. I don't
> > particularly think that it's necessary to ask permission to change a
> > record for a valid reason, but I don't mind when someone does ask. I'd
> > just like to be informed of the change.
> >
> > IIIIII
> > II Marty Joachim
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> >
> > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, JAIN FLETCHER wrote:
> >
> > > Margaretta,
> > > Agreed, point well taken, etc. I would also hope that this
> > > situation simply does not arise again. But I would just like to
> > > suggest a possible different approach to this: rather than ignore the
> > > existence of the PCC record, contact the PCC liaison at the institution
> > > (from the 040 of the bib record) and (somehow nicely) request that they
> > > finish the work that they started... Neither your institution nor any
> > > other should take up the slack for this "unfinished business" (IMO).
> > > --Jain Fletcher, UCLA
>