NACO Participants' Manual -3rd Edition - Library of Congress

CDS – Cataloging Distribution Service of the Library of Congress. Publisher and distributorof cataloging documentation and LC database files.CIP data – Cataloging in Publication data. This information typically appears on the verso ofa title page of a published item but is based on a galley of the item before it is published.Conflict – A condition in which certain cross-references match an established name authorityrecord (NAR) heading, jeopardizing its uniqueness within the database. Conflicts are to beavoided or resolved wherever possible.Connexion – See OCLC.CONSER – Cooperative ONline SERials Program; the serials cataloging component of thePCC.Consolidated NAR – See Undifferentiated personal name.Coop Team – Cooperative Cataloging Team, Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division,Library of Congress (RCCD). The Coop Team assists the RCCD Division chief in the dutiesof the Secretariat for the PCC and serves as the liaison for the cooperative programs.CPSO – Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Library of Congress; this office identifiescataloging standards and publishes cataloging policy documents.DCM – Descriptive Cataloging Manual. An internal procedural document used by Library ofCongress catalogers. DCM Z1 addresses name and series authority procedures and isprescribed for use in NACO.DCM Z1– Descriptive Cataloging Manual (DCM), Section Z1, Name and Series AuthorityRecords; also known as Z1, or “Yellow Pages”.Division of the World – A term used historically in the Library of Congress to reflect twosituations: 1) that certain entities must be established in the NACO Authority File (LC/NAF)and others in the Subject Authority File (LCSH) by the rules appropriate for each; and 2) thatuntil recently, most LC catalogers specialized in either descriptive rules or subject rules, anddivided responsibility for establishing authority records. For NACO catalogers, it is importantto consult documentation to determine whether the entity should be established according toname authority or subject authority guidelines. See also Subject Cataloging Manual (SCM),H 405.7