Published December 10, 2024

With the establishment of the Entity Management Cooperative (EMCO) program, PCC Identity Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) is excited to launch the EMCO Early Adopter Phase of the program in Spring 2025. The scope of work during the Early Adopter Phase will be limited to entities for persons and corporate bodies, with opportunities to provide feedback and direction concerning EMCO’s future. 

All individuals are invited to participate in EMCO, regardless of their institutional affiliation with the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). Participants do not need to be PCC members in order to participate in the EMCO Early Adopters Phase.

EMCO is a vision for the PCC’s engagement with linked data. While the PCC Policy Committee has approved high-level principles to guide the work of EMCO, many practical questions remain unanswered. The Early Adopter Phase is designed to coordinate and organize registry communities of practice, in which practitioners contribute to the policies and procedures for the new entity management program. While the Early Adopter Phase welcomes enterprising participants of all experience levels, it’s important to know that, during this phase, IMAC can offer no formal training in linked data entity creation and maintenance. However, EMCO registry communities of practice will be independently identifying training, developing resources, and drafting best practices.

During the Early Adopter Phase, participants will contribute and manage linked data entities using practices developed by registry communities within the EMCO membership. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with other registry communities on coordinating EMCO work. Participants may contribute to this work to the extent they are comfortable.

Note: The PCC will not pay or reimburse EMCO participants for memberships and subscriptions that are required by registries that paywall entity creation and enhancement.

If you would like to be a part of the EMCO Early Adopter phase, please fill and submit the Call for Participation form by Friday, January 17, 2025. IMAC will reach out to those who expressed interest in late January or early February.

For any questions not covered in the EMCO FAQ, please let us know.