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

[Yamil Suarez]

I want to help with the authorities group, but I think I might be too busy helping with the conference to be able to be the facilitator. 

Yamil


On Feb 2, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> 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
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> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
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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
>> 
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 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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