[Evergreen-catalogers] Updating Authority records with linked bibs

Yamil Suarez ysuarez at berklee.edu
Tue Apr 23 19:41:59 EDT 2013



On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Mark Cooper <markchristophercooper at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Yamil,
> 
> I picked 'authority' because it was present in the Tag list on the right in Launchpad. Looking at it again I'm not sure what's going on there because 'authorities' is not present in the list of tags that I'm seeing even though that tag is definitely applied to some bugs. Weird?
> 
> I think there's value in being aware of (and therefore) using both because someone encouraged to use launchpad for the first time may not be aware of the preferred tag and pick one or the other (or something else =), because it made sense to them or perhaps for a reason similar to mine.
> 
> Looks like there are 3 bugs tagged 'authorities' -- 9 with 'authority'
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark Cooper
> Open Source Software Coordinator
> Sonoma County Library
> Santa Rosa, CA
> mcooper at sonoma.lib.ca.us
> 707-545-0831 x1521
> 

Mark,

Good to know the break down of the usage of the terms. I just noticed today that "authority" is auto suggested in the bug tag field, but not "authorities". I will ask the devs about it. I will continue to use both terms unless we collectively decide on one.

Yamil


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