SACO: Subject Authority Cooperative Program

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SACOSubject Authority CooperativeProgram
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What is SACO?

• A component of the Program for Cooperative
  Cataloging (PCC)
• A means for libraries to propose
• new Library of Congress Subject Headings
• new Library of Congress Classification numbers
• changes to existing Library of Congress Subject
  Headings
• changes to existing Library of Congress
  Classification numbers

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SACO membership

• Institutions that participate in other PCC
  programs are automatically considered SACO
  members
• Non-PCC libraries and NACO Funnel participants
  can submit SACO membership applications

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SACO membership

• No formal training is required
• Participants do not gain independent status
  all proposals are reviewed at LC (and may be
  approved or not)

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Overview of SACO process for LC Classification
proposals

• Cataloger recognizes need for new LC
  Classification number and prepares the proposal
  online
• Proposal is submitted to LC via the Cooperative
  Cataloging Team for initial review

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Overview of SACO process for LC Classification
proposals

• Proposal is further reviewed by the Cataloging
  Policy and Support Office (CPSO) and placed on a
  Tentative Weekly List

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Overview of SACO process for LC Classification
proposals

• Proposal undergoes final review at the CPSO
  Weekly Editorial Meeting

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Overview of SACO process for LC Classification
proposals

• Approved LC Classification proposals are
• Posted to the Weekly Lists of new and changed LC
  Classification numbers on the CPSO web page
• http//www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/
• Included in the printed LC Classification
  schedules and in Classification Web

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Requirements for participation

• Familiarity with the principles of LC
  Classification
• Knowledge of the procedures and guidelines in SCM
  F (Classification)
• Access to LC Classification schedules
• In print copy
• Via Classification Web

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Resources

• SACO home page
• http//www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html
• Online LC Classification proposal form
• Guidelines for completing the LC Classification
  form
• Tentative Weekly Lists of LC Classification
  proposals
• Summary of Decisions from the Weekly Editorial
  Meeting

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Resources

• SACO Participants Manual, 2nd ed.
• Available on Catalogers Desktop, and
• As a PDF file on the SACO home page
• SCM F 50 Classification Proposals

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Why submit an LC Classification proposal?

• LC Classification was developed for LCs
  collections
• The world of knowledge keeps growing!
• Other libraries collections and acquisition
  policies may differ from LCs

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Why submit an LC Classification proposal?

• Cooperative cataloging efforts are expanding
• Terminology within a discipline changes over time

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When to submit an LC Classification proposal

• For a new classification number
• When the rules of specificity in classification
  may not be applied by using a broader number
• To change an existing number
• When terminology or a name change calls for
  classification modifications

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Examples LC Classification numbers proposed by
SACO participants

• B738.H3
• Philosophy (General)Medieval (430-1450)Special
  topicsHappiness
• PR739.D42
• English literatureHistory of English
  literatureDramaBy period20th centurySpecial
  topics--Death

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Examples LC Classification numbers proposed by
SACO participants

• GV1469.62.A24
• Recreation. LeisureGames and amusementsIndoor
  games and amusementsFantasy gamesIndividual
  gamesAberrant (Game)

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Examples LC Classification numbers proposed by
SACO participants

• PL8598.O32-.O3295
• Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa,
  OceaniaAfrican languages and literatureSpecial
  languages (alphabetically)O-Oz
• PL8598.O32-.O3295 Ogba Table P-PZ16

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Examples LC Classification numbers proposed by
SACO participants

• DT450.86-450.863.A-Z
• History of AfricaEastern AfricaBurundiHistory
  By period1993-
• DT450.86 General works
• Biography and memoirs
• DT450.862 Collective
• DT450.863.A-Z Individual, A-Z

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Sample LC Classification proposal

• Work being cataloged

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Sample LC Classification proposal
Book DescriptionElephants have fought in human
armies for more than three thousand years. Asian
powers boasted of their pachyderm power, while
the Romans fielded elephants alongside their
legendary legions but were, perhaps, too proud to
admit that mere animals contributed to victory.
Elephants have gored, stomped, and sliced their
way through infantry and cavalry with great
success. They have also been cut, speared,
bombed, and napalmed for their efforts. This is
the story of their largely forgotten role in the
history of warfare.
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Sample LC Classification proposal
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Sample LC Classification proposal
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Sample LC Classification proposal
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Sample LC Classification proposal
UH100.5.E Elephants
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http//www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/classification.
pdf
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Sample LC Classification proposalCompleting the
form (1)
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UH
UH100.B38
None
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Sample LC Classification proposal Completing
the form (2)
.A-Z Other, A-Z .B38 Bats .B67
Bottlenose dolphins
100
.5
100
.5
.E Elephants
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Sample LC Classification proposal Completing
the form (3)
Kistler, J.M. War elephants, 2005.
ICU
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Exercises