[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Authority records

[Lourie, Margaret]

We are exploring Evergreen to see how things work and I have a couple of
questions about how authorities work.

 

1.	We do not have any authority records loaded in our system
(unless they somehow came with the software, which seems doubtful).
However, when I am in cataloging (either creating a new record or
looking at a Z39.50 record before import) I click on "validate" and the
headings turn red. When I right-click I get the message that there are
no matching authority records found. This is true for any heading field,
even ones like Children $z Africa $z Fiction, where all parts would have
matching authority records if we had them. So why do the headings turn
red, as if they validated against authority records?

 

 

2.	For people who are loading authority records, where are you
getting them from? It is expensive to purchase the files from LC/CDS.
Any other sources that are not one-by-one (e.g. authorities.loc.gov)? We
have loaded the new release so we could upload files of authority
records if we had any.

 

 

3.	What are active Evergreen users doing for authority control?
Ignoring it, loading authority records, getting authority records
one-by-one (if so, from where and how?)

 

 

4.	Can Z39.50 support authority searches and record import? It
seems not, but maybe I am missing something here so I thought I would
ask.

 

Thanks for any help on this.

 

Margaret

 

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Margaret Lourie
Consultant, Technical Services
NELINET, Inc.
153 Cordaville Road
Southborough, MA 01772
Direct phone line: 508-597-1942
Phone: 800-635-4638, ext. 1942

Direct Fax: 508-597-1992

Fax: 508-460-9455

lourie at nelinet.net

 

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