Jim, We'll work on that; keep in mind, though, that I am not the British Library nor an obligating officer of the Library of Congress and cannot dispense with the notification requirement itself. Anthony >>> [log in to unmask] 11/18/03 02:26PM >>> Anthony, Mike, et al.: The pertinent section Z1 currently reads: "British Library records. The British Library must be consulted prior to making any change to the 1XX field of a record it has contributed (i.e., any record with the code "Uk" in 040 subfield $a). Send an email message to [log in to unmask] giving the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) of the record and a brief explanation for the proposed change. Fax supporting information for the proposed change if such information would be useful (International: +44 1937 546562)." If practice has indeed evolved to the point where NACO libraries should merely notify the BL when we change a 1XX on a Uk record, could the yellow pages be updated to reflect this change? -- Jim LeBlanc At 12:51 PM 11/18/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Mike, > >In practice, the provisions in Z1 relating to the revision of name >headings contributed to the NACO file by the British Library have >become >more a notification than an approval process. A simple e-mail to the >address provided in Z1, specifying the record number and the revisions >involved, will usually suffice. They are very agreeable to other >bibliographic inquiries sent through the same address. > >This change in practice has been to a large extent due to the British >Library's willingness to adopt the NACO form of heading in its >database >and bibliographic products in preference to its own. > >In order for them to do this, however, they must be informed of the >revisions. In some past cases, I have received responses from them >asking for a delay in distributing a revision, due to the need of >synchronising their own bibliographic distribution system with that of >LC/PCC. > >In my eight happy years dealing with the BL, they have never >"disapproved" a revision to a heading. At most, they have provided >better data which can be used in either a new, AACR2 formulation of >the >heading or qualifiers to the heading. > >The reminder to the PCC list was done at their request during a >particularly complicated phase of data migration to their new system. >It is particularly useful to that process for them to keep the bulk of >the database as current as possible; notification is the quickest way >to >do that. > >Anthony R.D. Franks >Cooperative Cataloging Program Specialist >Library of Congress >202-707-2822 (voice) >202-252-2082 (fax) ********************************************** Jim LeBlanc NACO Coordinator Cornell University Library 110 Olin Library Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-5290 Fax: (607) 255-6110 E-mail: [log in to unmask]