Canada NACO Funnel

It was established in 2005 by Jonathan Makepeace, who was at that time at the University of Windsor, Leddy Library as Bibliographic Services Librarian. The funnel began with four charter members and has grown to 17 members and an Atlantic Chapter.

Training is arranged through the NACO Coordinator of the Funnel and the NACO Coordinator at the Library of Congress. Online training is currently offered sequentially in segments that amount to a five-day workshop. There is no monetary cost for training.

For more information about NACO and Canada NACO Funnel, contact: May Hmaidan

For information about Atlantic Canada NACO Chapter, contact: Heather Pretty

Canada NACO Funnel Members

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Vancouver Public Library	May Hmaidan, Cataloguing Librarian, Bibliographic Services, may.hmaidan@vpl.ca
University of British Columbia	Susan Andrews, Principal Cataloguer, susan.andrews@ubc.ca
Burnaby Public Library	Susu Myint, Librarian 2, Cataloguing, susu.myint@bpl.bc.ca
Simon Fraser University	Stefan Hintersteininger, Metadata Librarian and Assistant Division Head, Resource Acquisition, Management, and Metadata, stefan_hintersteininger@sfu.ca
University of Victoria	Laura Doublet, Metadata librarian, lauradoublet@uvic.ca
Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Cleire Lauron, Metadata & Discovery Librarian, Cleire.Lauron@kpu.ca
University of Northern British Columbia	Geoffrey Boyd, Metadata librarian, Geoffrey.Boyd@unbc.ca

ATLANTIC CANADA

Memorial University of Newfoundland	Heather Pretty, Coordinator, Atlantic Chapter, hjpretty@mun.ca
Mount Allison University	Anne LePage, Technical Services Librarian, alepage@mta.carleton
Saint Mary’s University	Simon Bonnell, Information Literacy and Reference Assistant, simon.bonnell@smu.ca
University of New Brunswick	Merle Steeves, Head of Technical Services, mas@unb.ca
Mount Saint Vincent University	Adam Keylor, Cataloging & Digital Access, adam.keylor@msvu.ca

ONTARIO

Carleton University	Jennifer Browning, Head, Cataloguing, Metadata and Digitization Department, jennifer.browning@carleton.ca
CRKN (Canadian Research Knowledge Network)	Patricia Brisson, Cataloguer, pbrisson@crkn.ca
Seneca Polytechnic	Rosina Leung, Technical Services Librarian, Rosina.Leung@senecapolytechnic.ca
Tyndale University College	Maria Ho, Technical Services Librarian, mho2@tyndale.ca
University of Ottawa	Denny Markov, Acting Head, Metadata Processing, Denny.Markov@uottawa.ca
University of Windsor	Shuzhen Zhao, Head Acquisitions/Bibliographic Services, zhaoszf@uwindsor.ca
York University	Marcia Salmon, Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian Bibliographic Services, msalmon@yorku.ca
Toronto Metropolitan University	Trina Grover, Cataloguing Librarian, tgrover@torontomu.ca

SASKATCHEWAN

University of Saskatchewan

Mackenzie Johnson, Collections Services Librarian, mackenzie.johnson@usask.ca

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Legislative Library of the Northwest Territories

Gerry Burla, Legislative Librarian, Gerry_Burla@ntassembly.ca

INDEPENDENT CANADIAN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS OF NACO

University of Toronto	Anna Slawek, Librarian, Metadata Services, anna.slawek@utoronto.ca
Concordia University	Karen Jensen, Head Cataloguing & Collection Maintenance, karen.jensen@concordia.ca
McGill University	Megan Chellew, Coordinator, Cataloguing and Metadata, megan.chellew@mcgill.ca
University of Alberta	Brian Stearns, Metadata & Catalog Librarian, brian.stearns@ualberta.ca
Library and Archives Canada	TBA

NACO

ABOUT NACO

Through this program, participants contribute authority records for personal, corporate, and jurisdictional names, uniform titles, and series to the LC/NACO Authority File. Membership in NACO is open to individual institutions willing to support their staff through a process of training, review, and direct contributions of records to the LC/NACO Name Authority File. NACO participants also make changes to existing records within certain parameters.

Institutions exercise this membership in a number of ways. Some possess sufficient resources to maintain individual PCC membership through defined numbers of record contributions for each program. In NACO, this means 200 authority records each year for large institutions and 100 for smaller members. Institutions unable to maintain such production requirements, or work in specialized fields, form NACO funnels to pool resources, expertise, and total contributions.

NACO website

NACO FUNNELS

A NACO funnel project is a group of libraries that have joined together to contribute name authority records to the national authority file. Frequently, funnel members create records in modest numbers, and consolidate their efforts to make a more significant contribution in terms of quantity.

NACO funnels may be based on similarities among libraries for example:

Based on subject area, e.g., NACO Music Project, ArtNACO
Based on location, e.g., North Dakota Project, Vermont Project
Based on membership in a consortium e.g., CALICO South Africa, GAELIC South Africa

Read the NACO Funnel FAQ

List of PCC/NACO Funnel Projects

JOINING NACO

Membership benefits

Joining NACO FAQ

Application form

When completing the form:

You will need to supply your library's MARC 21 identification code in question 3. For Canadian libraries this symbol has the prefix Ca. Example CaBVa = Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Public Library
There is a directory of MARC identification codes for Canadian libraries at the Library and Archives Canada website: https://sigles-symbols.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Search
Indicate that you will be joining a funnel at question 5.
You must be a member of either OCLC or Skyriver to participate and contribute authority records.