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                                Thursday, July 10, 2003

Fellow PCC Participants,

Throw another shrimp on the barbie, a steak on the grill, and toss that
fresh garden salad before sitting down to read the summer news from the
PCC!

The fair city of Toronto held a spectacular joint ALA/CLA Annual
Conference and the PCC held its Participants' Meeting on Sunday night,
June 22nd, 2003; however, the meeting was far from the usual fare.  It
was a celebration in honor of CONSER's 30th birthday and coincided with
the retirement of the current CONSER Coordinator, Jean Hirons.  The
guest speakers were a delight and the evening was a great success.  For
the full report on the evening's highlights, please visit the PCC Web
site at: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/pccpart03a.html

The PCC Task Group on SACO Program Development, chaired by Jimmie
Lundgren (University of Florida), has submitted its eagerly-anticipated
interim report.  It has been posted to the SACO Web site at:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/tgsaco_rpt603.html and lives up to
its promise to be an interesting read for both SACO contributors and PCC
members alike.

The Task Group on International Participation has submitted its interim
report to the Standing Committees on Standards and Training and has been
posted to the PCC Web page at:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/tgip_interrpt603.pdf  The group was
charged with 6 definite tasks and was instructed to include findings,
recommendations, and implementation guidelines.  This interim report is
packed with substantive suggestions and recommendations, and is
enlightening as well as informative and holds much in store for the
global expansion of the PCC.

The PCC Task Group on Assessment has also been quite busy in carrying
out its charges under the leadership of Jim Stickman, University of
Washington.  The Task Group on Assessment is charged with identifying
data that would be useful to the Policy Committee in assessing the
effectiveness of the PCC in meeting the needs of libraries for
cataloging records and authoritative headings.  The Task Group will
submit its report to the PoCo in time for discussion at the November
2003 meeting.

A document has been posted to the BIBCO Home Page addressing the
options for handling the change in mode of issuance on integrating
resources (IRs) and what impact the changes have for the distribution
and maintenance of bibliographic records for IRs and what catalogers
must do prior to implementation of code "i".  These distribution issues
are identified and contained in the document at:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/dstrbut_irs.pdf.  The BIBCO and
CONSER Operations Committees are still seeking input; recommendations
will be funneled to the PoCo before the November 2003 meeting, when
final decisions will be made.


As always, please send any corrections or changes in contact
information directly to me at [log in to unmask]

                                Yours truly,
                                John N. Mitchell