2.6 NACO Training

As a NACO Program member our library “contribute[s] authority records for agents, places, works, and expressions to the LC/NACO Authority File” and commits “to support their staff through a process of training, review, and direct contributions of records to the LC/NACO Name Authority File”¹. To align our department’s authority work with established NACO standards and practices, training is provided individually as well as department-wide at various times and venues (e.g. one-on-one training sessions, week-long on-site trainings and department meetings). The official NACO training modules are organized into PowerPoint presentations covering the following areas:

• Module 1: NACO Foundations (253 slides)
• Module 2: Describing Persons (127 slides)
• Module 3: Describing Families (101 slides)
• Module 4: Describing Corporate Bodies (118 slides)
• Module 5: Describing Places (182 slides)
• Module 6: Describing Works and Expressions (197 slides)
• Module 6a: Describing Series (308 slides)
• Module 7: Changes to Existing Authority Records (81 slides)
• Module 8: NACO Administration (30 slides)

Plans

• 2.6.1 2021 NACO Training Review
• 2.6.2 2022 In-person NACO Training

References

1. Library of Congress. (2021). NACO – Name Authority Cooperative Program. Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/index.html