*NACO STATISTICS FOR YEAR 2004 : UB’s CONTRIBUTION

The University at Buffalo Libraries again ranked among the top five BIBCO/CONSER Institutions in the input of New Name Authority Records for the year 2004 Oct 1 2003 Sept 30 2004 with more than 3 300 records contributed The top BIBCO/CONSER institution in NACO contribution was Princeton University followed by Indiana University the National Library of Medicine Stanford University and the University at Buffalo
A comprehensive list of statistics is posted on LC’s PCC web site:
http://www loc gov/catdir/pcc/stats/stats html

*LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2004 UPDATE TO THE 2002 AACR2

The Library of Congress implemented the 2004 Update to the 2002
AACR2 on September 1 2004 The 2004 AACR2 Update and its related
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations are also available in
Cataloger's Desktop

A list of the changes in the 2004 AACR2 Update has been posted on the
Cataloging Policy and Support Office Web site:
http://lcweb loc gov/catdir/cpso/2004upd html

**NEW GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING NACO BFM**

NACO participants will have fewer categories of name authority record NAR changes and bibliographic file maintenance BFM to report to the Library of Congress LC thanks to the greater use of automated reports generated by bibliographic utilities This means that contributing NACO institutions no longer need to report routine BFM such as straightforward changes to 1XX headings or matching duplicate records directly to LC

For specific guidelines go to:
http://www loc gov/catdir/pcc/naco/bfmguide html

UBUFFALO LIBRARIES CENTRAL TECHNICAL SERVICES
PARTICIPATES IN CONNEXION SOFTWARE TESTING

Several CTS staff members and library student assistants are performing OCLC Connexion software product testing during a multi-week period Oct 2005.

The most exciting feature of the Connexion client for Authority Control is the ability to “Control Headings” within the bibliographic record:
Connexion lets you apply Library of Congress standards and practices to name and subject headings in bibliographic records both existing records and workforms from WorldCat and the online bibliographic save file
You electronically link a heading in a bibliographic record directly to the authority record for that heading via the Control Headings function Headings for names and subjects are automatically updated so if the linked authority record changes the change is also made in the bibliographic record automatically
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/authorities/authcontrol/default.htm

Version 1.5 of the Connexion client is slated for release in November 2005. For a list of Future Enhancements go to:
http:// http://www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/enhancements/future.htm

For Updates on Connexion News and Events go to:
http://www.oclc.org/connexion/news/default.htm

Last updated 07/2005