Identifying potential headings for Authority work using III Sierra, MS Excel...
By Lynn Whittenberger, Metadata Librarian, Raynor Memorial Library, Marquette University Abstract: Describes the steps taken to extract Author/Corporate names from our local catalog (III-Sierra), the...
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The Yale University Library catalog (ORBIS) contains nearly 7 million bibliographic records and over 2 million authority records. These authority records help staff maintain consistent headings in the...
View ArticleFolgerpedia – Authority Control
Authority control in a library environment is the establishment and maintenance of consistent forms of names and terms to be used as authorized access points in records of the library catalog....
View ArticleTaking control of an uncontrolled vocabulary
https://github.com/Conal-Tuohy/huni/tree/master/data-store/www/skos-tools/vocabulary.xml I’ll explain briefly how it works, but first, I think it’s necessary to explain the rationale for the vocabulary...
View ArticleAuthority Control at Yale
by Yale University Libraries The Yale University Library catalog (ORBIS) contains nearly 7 million bibliographic records and over 2 million authority records. These authority records help staff...
View ArticleWorking with Linked Data in MarcEdit
by the University Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MarcEdit’s linked data tool is somewhat experimental, but it allows users to automatically generate links to resolve access...
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