[Evergreen-catalogers] should we spend money on authority control?

[Beth Longwell]

Kate and others,

I agree. We are continuing to do authority work through a vendor and I do
like to think that our database is better for it. However, I would love to
see development that allows the See instead and See also references to be
in the catalog display rather than just the browse display that most don't
use. We would be willing to co-sponsor (in a small way) if someone wants to
spear-head the development project.

Beth Ross
Systems Manager
Sage Library System

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 6:18 AM Kate Coleman via Evergreen-catalogers <
evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> I agree with Mary. While our consortium does use an authority management
> company, I wish Evergreen authority capabilities were better. Validation
> works weirdly, cross referencing doesn't actually cross, and I'm just
> disappointed tbh. However, I am thankful we do have the service and remain
> hopeful for improvements with EG authorities. When those improvements DO
> come, our catalog will be ready for it because of our authority company.
> I'll be the first to admit that while I'm unhappy, I haven't spent a lot of
> time researching how to make it better, making launchpad bugs, or being a
> squeaky wheel.
>
>
> Kate Coleman, MLIS
> Technical Services Manager, Jefferson County Library
> Missouri Evergreen Consortium
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> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 6:52 PM Mary Llewellyn via Evergreen-catalogers <
> evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> We haven’t had authority control done since our last ILS. We’re not sure
>> the public usage would justify the expense since they mostly use the
>> keyword search and you need to browse to see cross references. I would like
>> to see developments that all KW searches to touch the authorities.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 4:43 PM Carolyn Phillips via Evergreen-catalogers
>> <evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I have been working here since December 2009 and we have not had
>>> authority control work done on our catalog by an outside company since I've
>>> been here.  Our IS department has done at least one thing to update
>>> authorities, which was changing "cookery" to "cooking."  (We are upgrading
>>> to 3.7 November 7.)
>>>
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>>> On 10/26/2021 4:22 PM, Sharon Douglas via Evergreen-catalogers wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> It's been over 10 years since we last had authority control work done
>>> on our database.
>>> I'm not sure it's worth spending money on doing it again.
>>> Wondering how many public libraries out there have this done once in a
>>> while, and/or keep up with it?
>>>
>>> We are on version 3.3.4, will probably move to 3.7 early next year.
>>>
>>> Can't decide what value we would get out of spending $13,000 when it
>>> appears only the browsing function utilizes authority files.
>>>
>>> Seriously interested in others opinions!
>>>
>>> Sharon Douglas
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>> --
>> Mary Llewellyn
>> Database Manager
>> Bibliomation, Inc.
>> 24 Wooster Ave.
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