Colleagues,
The Standing Committees on Automation, Standards, and
Training have considered the input received to date and completed their review
of their charges. We are now submitting drafts for final comment from the
membership. As Standing Committees, appropriately delineated charges are
important to their ability to effectively support the work of the PCC. The
current drafts attempt to provide sufficient detail to allow the PCC leadership
to appropriately assign tasks to each of the Committees, but seek to be of
broad and general enough scope to allow for the investigation and support of
new directions and initiatives. If you have any comments, please submit them to
the respective chair: Adolfo ([log in to unmask])
for Automation, Joan ([log in to unmask]) for
Standards, or Caroline ([log in to unmask])
for Training. Comments are requested by August 15th. Comments received will be
considered by each of the Committees after that date, with final drafts
submitted to PoCo for final review and approval. We thank you in advance for
your attention to this request for comment.
Respectfully,
Caroline Miller
Joan Schuitema
Adolfo Tarango
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Proposed charge for the Standing Committee on Automation:
The Standing Committee on
Automation shall identify automation issues to be resolved in order to
implement the mission of the Program and shall formulate plans to present PCC
requirements to vendors; to elicit support from other organizations which share
automation interests, e.g., LITA; and to facilitate cooperation among LC,
Program participants and the bibliographic utilities to work together on the
Program's automation requirements and goals.
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Proposed charge for the Standing Committee on Standards:
The Standing Committee on Standards
shall evaluate, review, and participate in the formulation and development of
revised, accepted, or newly developing cataloging/metadata standards; promote
the use of mutually acceptable standards within all PCC programs; and shall
maintain current awareness of work being done in this arena to determine which
standards are appropriate to the needs of the PCC.
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Proposed charge for the Standing Committee on Training:
The Standing Committee on
Training shall identify the need for online training programs in addition to
in-person workshops and institutes aimed at developing cataloging skills that
support the Program goals for both new participants and for continuing
education and shall identify, develop as necessary, and promote the distribution
of easy-to-use
online documentation in support
of Program goals.