PCC SACO Workshops at 1999 ALA Midwinter, Philadelphia January 29, 1999 The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) will present two workshops Friday, January 29, 1999, in support of SACO, the Subject Authority Cooperative Program of the PCC. The workshops are open at no charge on a first-come-first-served basis to all catalogers interested in proposing new headings and changes to LCSH. Training materials will be provided free of charge at the workshop. PCC programs will comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. At the end of these workshops, participants will be better able to formulate new subject headings and propose changes to existing LCSH headings. In 1998, SACO participants contributed approximately 20% of the subject headings added to LCSH. BASIC SACO Workshop A, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM Workshop A: How to Propose Subject Headings for LCSH Lynn El-Hoshy, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist, Library of Congress Friday, January 29, 1999, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM LOCATION: To Be Announced on PCC list and PCC Web page maximum registration: 50 The instructor will cover how to prepare subject heading proposals using SACO forms, including performing authority research, constructing a subject heading, and fitting it into the hierarchy of the subject authority file, based on appropriate instruction sheets from the Subject Cataloging Manual. This basic workshop is a repeat of a sessions offered in 1995, 1997, and 1998 ALA meetings, and serves as a good foundation for the more advanced workshop listed below. ADVANCED SACO Workshop B, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM Workshop B: Proposing Art Subject Headings: Subjects vs. Names file Milicent Wewerka, Sr. Cataloging Policy Specialist, Library of Congress Robert Hiatt, Sr. Cataloging Policy Specialist, Library of Congress Friday, January 29, 1999, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM LOCATION: To Be Announced on PCC list and PCC web page maximum registration: 50 The instructors will discuss headings for individual works of art, atrists groups and schools of art, distinctions between headings for fine arts vs. decorative arts, and geographical and chronological subdivision usage based on appropriate instruction sheets from cataloging documentation. Discussion will also include into which of the two files (Name or Subject Authority File) headings are placed based on the recently revised Library of Congress Rule Interpretations and SCM H 405. Participants will benefit from prior attendance at a basic workshop (e.g., SACO workshops offered previously in 1995, 1997, and 1998, or from prior SACO experience. We'll return a simple confirmation if you register by January 8, 1999 as described below: 1. Register via the SACO workshop registration form on the PCC homepage: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/sacoreg99.html ***or*** 2. Register via email to: [log in to unmask], Cornelia Goode, Cooperative Cataloging Team. Please include the following information: Registering for Morning Basic SACO workshop A? yes no Registering for Afternoon Advanced workshop B? yes no Your Name, Title Institution Mailing address Phone Fax Internet address ADA accommodations needed? If yes, please specify: ********* Visit the PCC World Wide Web site for in-depth information on the PCC, SACO, and for basic instructions on creating subject proposals: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc