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Furthermore, authority work is now done in two separate files:  

Furthermore, authority work is now done in two separate files:  

*Library of Congress/NACO Authority File (LC/NAF) for English-language authority records.  This file is shared with other members of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) as part of the Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO) Program.  

*Library of Congress/NACO Authority File (LC/NAF) for English-language authority records.  This file is shared with other members of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) as part of the [https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/index.html Name Authority Cooperative Program] (NACO) Program.  

*Canadiana Name Authorities in French for French-language authority records.  This file is shared with Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and member libraries of the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) as part of the Francophone Name Authority Programme (PFAN).  

*Canadiana Name Authorities in French for French-language authority records.  This file is shared with Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and member libraries of the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) as part of the [[PFAN - Francophone Name Authority Program]].  

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This shared cataloguing environment allows LAC to leverage the contributions from other libraries to improve the efficiency of its own processes. However, as a consequence, LAC has relinquished some control over the cataloguing metadata it creates.

This shared cataloguing environment allows LAC to leverage the contributions from other libraries to improve the efficiency of its own processes. However, as a consequence, LAC has relinquished some control over the cataloguing metadata it creates.