Theology Cataloging Bulletin Section 3 
Vol. 18, No. 1 and 2—February 2010 

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Section Three: News and Views of the Members of the 
ATLA Technical Services Section 

Edited by Lynn Berg
 

ATLA CONSER Funnel Established  
 
On January 15, 2010, five ATLA members who are experienced serials catalogers met in 
Boston with two trainers from the CONSER Office at the Library of Congress and one 
trainer from the University of California CONSER Funnel Project to learn the policies and 
procedures governing CONSER cataloging actions. 
 
When they return home, they will begin to authenticate new serial records and update 
currently authenticated serials.  Judy Knop will serve as the coordinator and reviewer for the 
present. 
 
Submitted by: Judy Knop, ATLA 
 

ATLA NACO FUNNEL UPDATE 
 
During the past year, four ATLA members joined the NACO funnel, bringing the total 
number of active participants to sixteen.  Some of these new members took advantage of the 
general financial assistance offered by the ATLA Professional Development Committee.  
During the past fiscal year (October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009), the ATLA NACO Funnel 
members contributed 696 new headings to the Name Authority File and corrected 129 
existing records. 
 
Submitted by: Judy Knop, ATLA 
 

ATLA SACO Funnel Update 
 
The ATLA SACO Funnel project has gotten off to a slow start with only four records 
contributed during FY2009 (October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009).  Anyone wishing to 
submit a request for a new or changed subject authority record should follow the 
instructions in the SACO Participant’s Manual on the SACO website 
(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html) and submit the request to Eric Friede 
(email:  eric.friede@yale.edu) who will prepare the request for submission to the Library of 
Congress. 
 
Submitted by: Judy Knop, ATLA 
 

2010 “The Year of Cataloging Research” 
 
Welcome to the “Year of Cataloging Research.”  Allyson Carlyle (Associate Professor and 
Chair, Ph.D. Program, The Information School, University of Washington) has published a 
guest editorial in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly v. 47, no. 8 (2009) announcing 2010 as 
the “Year of Cataloging Research.”  In the editorial, she describes the origination of the idea