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| The Folger is a member of NACO and SACO; the Folger PCC liaison is [[user:DeborahLeslie | Deborah J. Leslie]]. For NACO training schedule and workflows, see [http://bard2.folger.edu/NACO NACO] in Bard2. | | The Folger is a member of NACO and SACO; the Folger PCC liaison is [[user:DeborahLeslie | Deborah J. Leslie]]. For NACO training schedule and workflows, see [[bard2:NACO | NACO]] in Bard2. |
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| ; SAR : subject authority record | | ; SAR : subject authority record |
| ; VIAF : [http://viaf.org/ Virtual International Authority File] | | ; VIAF : [http://viaf.org/ Virtual International Authority File] |
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| When (if ever) should "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616" be added as a field of activity (372) - for scholars, actors, other, none?
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| Is there a recommendation on how, in the 670, to record which library's record from VIAF is cited?
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| *<s>Active dates in authorized access point (100) and/or 046:</s>
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| ** <s>Generally do not edit the date range if a work is found outside those dates (e.g. 1620 work found for Printer, active 1607-1616)</s>
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| ** <s>If not absolutely confident/as compromise, put specific activity dates in 046 and "active Xth century" in 100 ‡d</s>
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| ** <s>N.b. 046 fields do not have to be parallel - for instance, if you know the day, month, and year of a person's death, but only the year of their birth</s>
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| * 100 (Authorized access point): leave spaces in between initials in personal names, not in corporate headings [see [http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=lcpschp1&target=lcps1-223#lcps1-223 LC-PCC-PS for 1.7.1] ]
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| ** ‡c will always be country, ‡e can be a city
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| * When citing VIAF in 670, either provide URI to entry (preferably the permalink), or specify which national level authority file consulted (format? See above)
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| [[Category: Cataloging]] | | [[Category: Cataloging]] |
| [[Category: Staff policies and procedures]] | | [[Category: Staff policies and procedures]] |
Authority control in a library environment is the establishment and maintenance of consistent forms of names and terms to be used as authorized access points in records of the library catalog. Authorized access points must not only be consistent, each one must be unique. Traditional library practice focused on controlling names (personal, corporate, governmental, and geographic), works, and subjects. While authority control has always been important for library catalogs, with the growth of new environments of linked data it is becoming even more, with increasing elements in the catalog being represented by authorized forms. (One example: using authorized terms for occupations in authority records.)
Authority control at the Folger
The Folger is a member of NACO and SACO; the Folger PCC liaison is Deborah J. Leslie. For NACO training schedule and workflows, see NACO in Bard2.
Useful links
Terminology
- control
- to link an instance of an authorized access point to its authority record
- AAP
- authorized access point (formerly, and sometimes still, known as heading)
- BFM
- bibliographic file maintenance
- LC/NACO Authority File
- the authority file maintained by the Library of Congress in collaboration with the PCC
- NACO
- Name Authority Cooperative Program; component of the PCC for name authority records
- NAF
- name authority file
- NAR
- name authority record
- PCC
- Program for Cooperative Cataloging
- PVR
- previously verified record; (used in the context of changes made to existing NARs)
- SACO
- Subject Authority Cooperative Program; component of the PCC for subject authority records
- SAR
- subject authority record
- VIAF
- Virtual International Authority File