[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Workaround for EG's current lack of automatic system generation of authority records?

[Yamil Suarez]

Hello,

I was speaking with ESI and was told that EG currently does not automatically create "system generated" authority records, and I wondered what workarounds might be used out in the EG community? These type of authority records are also know as "stub" authority records. What I mean is that in some other ILS systems, when I import a new bib record the system will check if there are existing authorities records that matches the one listed in the bib record's authority controlled fields (author, subject,etc). If no match is found in the system, a new system generated authority record is created. For example, if I import a bib with an author, in the 100 field, that was not found in my system already. By the end of the import process, the bib would be imported and there would have been a stub authority record automatically created for that author. 

I know that right now I can just right-click in the EG MARC editor to create stub authority records by using the "create immediately" sub-menu in each bib. What concerns me is the several thousand bib records for electronic items for ebooks and streaming audio I need to import this year. Hopefully there are some workarounds out there. Also, I am interested in looking into finding partners to pay for developing this particular feature for EG 2.2 or later.

Thanks in advance,
Yamil