Scope: The Library of Congress’s Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) requires its member libraries to submit periodic statistics for its constituent programs, NACO, BIBCO, CONSER and SACO. This document describes Cornell’s procedures for getting our statistics to LC.
Unit: Cataloging CMS
Date last updated: December 3, 2019October 2021
Date of next review: March 20212022
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OVERVIEW: THE PCC DIRECTORY
The PCC's guidelines for how to input our statistics into their website can be found here. The PCC Directory website is here. (Login information for the directory is in the LTS shared drive, along with the stats tracking spreadsheet.)
The PCC requires statistics to be submitted at least twice a year: by April 15 (for October to March statistics) and October 15 (for April to September statistics). The website is set up for statistics to be entered every month, but it is fine to consolidate months: for example, leave the boxes for October and November blank, and input statistics for October, November and December all together in the December box.
Cornell Library has decided for the time being (spring 2019) to input statistics quarterly (or more frequently):
| For period | Report in |
|---|---|
| October, November, December | January |
| January, February, March | by April 15 (mandatory for PCC) |
| April, May, June | July |
| July, August, September | by October 15 (mandatory for PCC) |
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BIBCO statistics come from two places.
First, run an LS Tools harvest using the macro "Dept Summary Report." Under Function, the figure you want is "Full PCC."Laura is working on an LDP query (10/4/2021)- In addition, open the TCEC file on Laura Daniels or Jean Pajerek's machine. Open the file(s) for "ECIP Sent to LC." These files are arranged by Cornell fiscal year starting in July, so they don't completely harmonize with LC's reporting scheme, but the files are clearly labelled by date.
- Once the ECIP Sent to LC file is open, each record is precisely dated, and you can count the records for each reporting period.
- Add the LS Tools harvest figure and the ECIP Sent to LC figure. This is the number you submit to the PCC Directory.
- Cornell does not track or submit statistics for what PCC calls Changed BRs, which are optional under the PCC guidelines.
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