UF and SACO Guidelines
SACO Annual Report 0708 | SACO Annual Report 0607 | SACO Annual Report 0506
SACO is the Subject Authority COperative Program administered by the Library of Congress in conjunction with the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). SACO was established in 1992. It is one of the four components of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (NACO, CONSER, BIBCO, and SACO). SACO homepage
SACO was established to provide a means for libraries to propose new Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and LC Classification (LCC) numbers. It also allows libraries to submit change proposals. Proposals are submitted as needed for cataloging work and are reviewed by the LC Cataloging Policy and Support Office which maintains editorial responsibility for LCSH. Approved subject heading proposals are then distributed as subject authority records by the Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) to bibliographic utilities and other subscribers and are included in the printed Library of Congress Subject Headings that is published annually and is also available online through the Cataloger's Desktop. Approved classification proposals are incorporated into the LC Classification schedules.
The University of Florida has contributed subject headings to LCSH since 1992 when Mae Clark did a sabbatical at the National Agriculture Library and was trained in subject proposal at the Library of Congress. In Feb.1995 John Mitchell of the Program for Contributed Cataloging came to Gainesville and trained the rest of the catalogers in the Catalog Dept. in proposing subject headings. We are now also members of the BIBCO program which requires that any catalog record submitted through the BIBCO program include only authorized subject headings. We believe that as a major university library we have a responsibility to contribute to the national database and enhance usability and access for our collections. In addition, SACO presents an opportunity for catalogers to contribute national subject headings and develop their professional skills and knowledge.
For an overview of the history and purpose see: The (SACO) Subject Authority Cooperative Program : The More the Better
SACO liaisons, Mae Clark, 1994-1995; Daniel Cromwell 1999-2000; Tatiana Barr, 2001-2006; Jimmie Lundgren, 1996-1998 and 2006-present
Art and Architecture Subject Headings and CLARR: Changes to LCSH (Powerpoint)
PowerPoint presentation by Gerald LangfordIndexed in AlephPro: UF and SACO
Prepared by: Tatiana Barr; Revised by: Jimmie Lundgren, August 11, 2008.
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