Library Cataloging
OCLC has a name authority service using the LC NAF. They have recently improved the matching algorithm.
- Autosuggesting Fast Subjects
OCLC has announced a new Web service that Autosuggests FAST Subjects. OCLC Research announces the availability of assignFAST, a new Web service that automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest...
- Virtual International Authority File
News from OCLC.OCLC, the Bibliothéque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Library of Congress have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend and enhance the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), a project which...
- Oclc & Authority Records
From OCLC:As a result of changes outside of OCLC's control that impact the authorities distribution files, OCLC will not load new authorities files (names and subjects) until after the first of the year.This decision will have an impact on all OCLC...
- Getty Vocabularies At Oclc
From the OLCL press release: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Getty Research Institute (GRI) today announced that the Getty Vocabularies-the Art & Architecture Thesaurus, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, and Union List of Artist...
- Oclc Research
Some new resources on the OCLC ResearchWorks page. Seen on Lorcan Dempsey's weblog XSLTproc OCLC Research's XSLTProc is a tool for managing and using arbitrary XSLT stylesheets.SchemaTrans crosswalk repository and schema transformation. Crosswalks...
Library Cataloging
OCLC Name Authority Service
OCLC has a name authority service using the LC NAF. They have recently improved the matching algorithm.
We developed this service so that remotely located systems -- institutional repository software, for example (DSpace, ePrints UK, CONTENTdm, eprints.org, Fedora) -- can offer authority control without having to build full authority control modules. Without this service DSpace does not know, for example, that Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens are the same man; nor does it distinguish well between two authors with the same name. With the OCLC Research name authority service, people entering metadata for preprints can make sure the author names are consistent and well-formed.Names
- Autosuggesting Fast Subjects
OCLC has announced a new Web service that Autosuggests FAST Subjects. OCLC Research announces the availability of assignFAST, a new Web service that automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest...
- Virtual International Authority File
News from OCLC.OCLC, the Bibliothéque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Library of Congress have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend and enhance the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), a project which...
- Oclc & Authority Records
From OCLC:As a result of changes outside of OCLC's control that impact the authorities distribution files, OCLC will not load new authorities files (names and subjects) until after the first of the year.This decision will have an impact on all OCLC...
- Getty Vocabularies At Oclc
From the OLCL press release: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Getty Research Institute (GRI) today announced that the Getty Vocabularies-the Art & Architecture Thesaurus, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, and Union List of Artist...
- Oclc Research
Some new resources on the OCLC ResearchWorks page. Seen on Lorcan Dempsey's weblog XSLTproc OCLC Research's XSLTProc is a tool for managing and using arbitrary XSLT stylesheets.SchemaTrans crosswalk repository and schema transformation. Crosswalks...