The University of Iowa as a Newly Joined Member CEAL Conference Boston, March 21, 2007 Jia Xu The University of Iowa

U Iowas commitment to productivity and quality of cataloging Maintained local authority file prior to 2000 Maintained local authority file prior to 2000 Purchased and loaded LCs authority file with Aleph Purchased and loaded LCs authority file with Aleph Merged LC authority file with local authority file in 2000 Merged LC authority file with local authority file in 2000 Joined NACO and went through the training in 2005 Joined NACO and went through the training in 2005 Contribute NARs to LC/NAF Contribute NARs to LC/NAF Continue local authority work with Aleph Continue local authority work with Aleph Progress on automated updating of bibliographic headings based on the authority records with Aleph Progress on automated updating of bibliographic headings based on the authority records with Aleph Supported by current administration Supported by current administration

Authority records in local card authority file

Series authority record created locally with Aleph

Authority record edited locally with Aleph newly added 411 and 670 indicated by subfield 5 IaU

The Libraries commitment to East Asian Collection and technical processing Build a major East Asian Collection with the specialists in collection development, reference and technical services Build a major East Asian Collection with the specialists in collection development, reference and technical services Strengthen the personnel of technical processing Strengthen the personnel of technical processing Provide the East Asian librarians with NACO training Provide the East Asian librarians with NACO training Contribute CJK NARs to LC/NAF Contribute CJK NARs to LC/NAF Submit records for Chinese and Japanese name headings to LC librarian Jiping Wu for review Submit records for Chinese and Japanese name headings to LC librarian Jiping Wu for review

Authority record edited with RLIN21, 410s and 670s added based on the films cataloged

Title screens and opening credits of the production company viewed from the films

Joining CJK NACO Project benefits U Iowa and the professional catalogers Opportunities of specialized training, mentoring, review and so on Opportunities of specialized training, mentoring, review and so on A network of support and knowledge for CJK authority work A network of support and knowledge for CJK authority work Important for helping the professional catalogers Important for helping the professional catalogers To determine the future development and direction relating to cataloging and authority work To determine the future development and direction relating to cataloging and authority work To deal with the challenges of authority work To deal with the challenges of authority work

Lets work as a team in CJK NACO Lets work as a team in CJK NACO Thanks