I have tried two or three times to unsubscribe to Davidson Digest List but I am still getting it . I am following the instructions but it does not work for me.Any suggestions?? Jean -----Original Message----- From: Dock1952@aol.com <Dock1952@aol.com> To: TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com <TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 07:12 PM Subject: NUCMC--National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections >I got this site in email from a cousin. I have not had time yet to check it >out, but sounds interesting. > >"National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections," also known as NUCMC, at: >http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html > >What is NUCMC? > >The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) is a free-of- >charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress. > >How does the program work? > >On the basis of cataloging data supplied by eligible repositories to the NUCMC >program, NUCMC catalogers create MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) >bibliographic records in RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network), a >national-level database, describing collections held by participants, and >establish pertinent name and subject authority headings. Descriptions and >locations of the material are then available to researchers on RLIN throughout >the United States and around the world. > >IMPORTANT: the original documents (letters, diaries, photographs, maps, etc.), >are NOT online at NUMCMC--just a detailed, written descriptions. What we in >the library biz call catalog or bibliographic records. To get copies of >original documents, you must contact the institution that owns them. > >______________________________