Library Cataloging
News from OCLC regarding notification of authority records with death dates added.The Library of Congress recently announced a change in policy about adding death dates to personal name heading and a revision to the LCRI for AACR2 rule 22.17 that allows the option for catalogers to add death dates to personal name headings with open dates.Both the Library of Congress and OCLC are aware that many libraries will be very interested in incorporating these changes into their catalogs. Libraries that use authority control services for ongoing processing will receive these changes as part of their normal workflows but, for other libraries, OCLC is providing an alerting service to announce headings to which death dates have been added. The alerting service is being offered as both an RSS feed and in an HTML version.The new RSS feed is available online. To learn how to subscribe to RSS feeds, see the RSS Feeds and Podcasts page on the OCLC web site and follow the instructions on the right side of the page in the section labeled "How do I add a feed?". This page also includes links to information about selecting newsreaders.To view the HTML version, go to the Closed Dates in Authority Records page on the OCLC web site and select one of the weekly entries from the list.Headings containing diacritics and special characters may not display correctly in the RSS feed version. Diacritics and special characters will display correctly in the HTML version provided the font, ALA BT Courier, is installed on the computer being used. Please use Internet Explorer for best results when viewing this font. This is a temporary situation while a better solution is being worked on.Lists for each week since the new policy went into effect on February 1 are now available. A list of newly changed headings will be added once each week in the future.Staff in OCLC's Quality Control Section are giving priority to making these heading changes in WorldCat.Thanks OCLC. I'm subscribing.
Authority
- Dates In Mads
The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Comments are welcomed. The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to MADS. Some of these will be changes to bring it up to date with changes...
- Name Authority Records
News form LC concerning Name Authority Records.The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that OCLC has completed the pre-population of the NACO authority file with non-Latin references (authority 4XX fields) derived from non-Latin bibliographic heading...
- Name Authority Records
On February 6, 2006, CPSO commenced a special project to add death dates to a selected list of name headings. The project is expected to end by Summer 2006. The list of name headings included in this project is accessible online. Authority...
- Proposal For The Addition Of Dates To Existing Personal Name Headings
The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) has been considering a suggestion to reinstate MARC 21 note field 678 (Biographical or Historical Data) in name authority records in order to provide the death date of persons who are known to be deceased,...
- Authority Records
Great news! LC authority records are now available online from LC. They are updated daily. For far too long smaller libraries, those without access to OCLC or RLIN have had no access to authority records. There was the searchable file at DRA but that...
Library Cataloging
Authority Records
News from OCLC regarding notification of authority records with death dates added.The Library of Congress recently announced a change in policy about adding death dates to personal name heading and a revision to the LCRI for AACR2 rule 22.17 that allows the option for catalogers to add death dates to personal name headings with open dates.Both the Library of Congress and OCLC are aware that many libraries will be very interested in incorporating these changes into their catalogs. Libraries that use authority control services for ongoing processing will receive these changes as part of their normal workflows but, for other libraries, OCLC is providing an alerting service to announce headings to which death dates have been added. The alerting service is being offered as both an RSS feed and in an HTML version.The new RSS feed is available online. To learn how to subscribe to RSS feeds, see the RSS Feeds and Podcasts page on the OCLC web site and follow the instructions on the right side of the page in the section labeled "How do I add a feed?". This page also includes links to information about selecting newsreaders.To view the HTML version, go to the Closed Dates in Authority Records page on the OCLC web site and select one of the weekly entries from the list.Headings containing diacritics and special characters may not display correctly in the RSS feed version. Diacritics and special characters will display correctly in the HTML version provided the font, ALA BT Courier, is installed on the computer being used. Please use Internet Explorer for best results when viewing this font. This is a temporary situation while a better solution is being worked on.Lists for each week since the new policy went into effect on February 1 are now available. A list of newly changed headings will be added once each week in the future.Staff in OCLC's Quality Control Section are giving priority to making these heading changes in WorldCat.Thanks OCLC. I'm subscribing.
Authority
- Dates In Mads
The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Comments are welcomed. The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to MADS. Some of these will be changes to bring it up to date with changes...
- Name Authority Records
News form LC concerning Name Authority Records.The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that OCLC has completed the pre-population of the NACO authority file with non-Latin references (authority 4XX fields) derived from non-Latin bibliographic heading...
- Name Authority Records
On February 6, 2006, CPSO commenced a special project to add death dates to a selected list of name headings. The project is expected to end by Summer 2006. The list of name headings included in this project is accessible online. Authority...
- Proposal For The Addition Of Dates To Existing Personal Name Headings
The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) has been considering a suggestion to reinstate MARC 21 note field 678 (Biographical or Historical Data) in name authority records in order to provide the death date of persons who are known to be deceased,...
- Authority Records
Great news! LC authority records are now available online from LC. They are updated daily. For far too long smaller libraries, those without access to OCLC or RLIN have had no access to authority records. There was the searchable file at DRA but that...