[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Authority records

[Hardy, Elaine]

Margaret,

 

The red headings after validation mean that the heading did not
validate. If you don't have authority records, none of your headings
will validate. So even Children $z Africa $v Fiction won't validate
without a file to compare (Children $z Africa $z Fiction would not
validate with a file, since the last subfield would be a typo) 

 

We contract with Marcive for our authority headings. I don't know how
their prices compare with other vendors since I am not involved with the
contract.

 

Authority control is still a work in progress in Evergreen. It is my
understanding that you cannot search nor update authority records
through the Z39.50 gateway and there has not been another mechanism to
update them. However, Vandelay, the new record importer, will allow us
to do so. We have been checking headings through LC's website or the
Connexion client, when the need arises.

 

Elaine 

 

 

J. Elaine Hardy

PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager

Georgia Public Library Service,

A Unit of the University System of Georgia

1800 Century Place, Suite 150

Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304

404.235-7128

404.235-7201, fax

 

ehardy at georgialibraries.org <mailto:ehardy at georgialibraries.org> 

www.georgialibraries.org <http://www.georgialibraries.org> 

 

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Lourie, Margaret
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:26 PM
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Authority records

 

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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