[Evergreen-catalogers] How much interest is there to meet about authorities at 2014 conference?

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

We were able to fit an authorities interest group meeting into the 
schedule. It will be held on the same afternoon as the authorities 
session, so you'll all get a chance to see an overview of authorities 
first before you meet.

However, we do not yet have a facilitator for this interest group 
meeting. Please send an e-mail to the list to let me know if you are 
interested in facilitating the session.

Thank you!
Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 12/6/2013 10:58 AM, Yamil Suarez wrote:
> For the record, for those that want to learn about authorities in EG,
> there is currently a proposal for having a presentation at the 2014 EG
> conference, see below, that will cover how authorities work in EG at
> the time of the conference. According to the recent conference program
> survey results, there is a lot of interest for this session, but the
> final decision of what presentation will be given has not been made
> yet, but I like our chances.
>
> Therefore, we might want to consider having our authority meeting
> sometime after that presentation, right after or a day after, etc., to
> continue discussions about authorities. For example last year when we
> had the first meeting we spent a good amount of time discussing how to
> make authorities better in future or current versions of EG.
>
> Also, I guess we can make an attempt to assign someone to take minutes
> of the meeting, and/or set up a Google for those that cannot make it
> to the conference.
>
> Thanks everyone for their responses so far, keep em coming.
>
> Yamil
>
>
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>
> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=conference:2014:proposals#authority_control_in_evergreen
>
> Authority Control in Evergreen
>
> Title: Authority Control in Evergreen: The straight dope
>
> Description: Authorities are dope, yo. Used properly, they simplify
> cataloging and increase patron access to materials through improved
> discovery capabilities. During this session we will discuss exactly
> how authority control works in Evergreen, some common but inaccurate
> assumptions about authority control in Evergreen, and how best to make
> use of the advanced capabilities that Evergreen provides. We will
> cover browse integration, automatic record overlay, authority
> generation, bibliographic and inter-authority record linking, Control
> Sets and their configuration, and how to make use of local, extra-LoC
> data and expertise to leverage the full potential of Evergreen's
> authority control feature set.
>
> Audience: Catalogers, systems librarians, reference librarians
>
> Presenters:
> Mike Rylander, Director of Research and Development at Equinox Software
> Angela Kilsdonk, Education Manager at Equinox Software
>
> Session Length: Standard 45-minute Session
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Joni <paxtonjo at oplin.org> wrote:
>> I, too, am very interested in learning more about authorities and
>> Evergreen's handling of this topic.
>>
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