Contacting people about their NARs

Summary: This page covers PCC-recommended ways to contact someone whose personal details are needed to create or edit an authority record.

When reaching out to creators or contributors to obtain or verify personal details like form of name, occupation, associated works, birth date, etc., catalogers should consult the PCC guidance in the document below. This guidance includes templates you can use to construct an email to the person in question.

• https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/documents/PCC-SCT-Authority-Control-FAQs-Catalogers-Contacting-Creators-Contributors.pdf

If creators/contributors have questions about authority work, they can be directed to this FAQ created by the PCC:

• https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/documents/PCC-SCT-Authority-Control-FAQs-Authors-Creators.pdf