What are the differences between institutional NACO participation and funnel participation?
Individual institutional NACO partners typically have a potential to contribute a substantial number of records per year and often include the general and branch library cataloging staffs of an institution. Funnels generally consist of smaller libraries who will contribute at a more modest level as some libraries may consist of only one or two catalogers. Some funnels may be composed of individuals working in a particular language or subject speciality within larger institutions. These parent institutions may or may not be PCC participants. These catalogers have found a community of colleagues beyond the walls of their own institutions in professional organizations or in neighboring libraries and it makes sense to form a coordinated project to receive training and to have their NACO records reviewed by a specialist in a specific language, topic, or format. An important difference between institutional NACO vs. NACO funnel participation is that the director of an institutional NACO part
