Library Cataloging
Andrew Houghton commented on my remark about making the GSAFD authority records available for Web services in XML. Since not everybody sees the comments I'm reproducing it here.
- Name Authority Records Enhanced With Geographic Coordinates
News from LC.The Library of Congress has recently entered into a cooperative project with OCLC to receive and distribute revised name authority records for jurisdictions that will add geographic coordinates in 034 fields (Coded Cartographic Mathematical...
- Genre/form Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there has been discussion about form and genre headings, what to use since LC doesn't have any 155 authority records. There have been suggestions about GSAFD, AAT, using LC subject headings as the form heading also. A new, to me anyway,...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Gsafd Thesaurus
Reading the article Using the OAI-PMH ... Differently by Herbert Van de Sompel, Jeffrey A. Young and Thomas B. Hickey in the latest D-Lib Magazine made me aware of an interesting resource, the GSAFD Thesaurus.The records have long been available for download...
- Marc
The new Understanding MARC Authority Records is now available from the Library of Congress. Understanding Marc Authority introduces the MARC 21 authority format to librarians and students who are not familiar with MARC 21 authority records. Although it...
Library Cataloging
Authority Records
Andrew Houghton commented on my remark about making the GSAFD authority records available for Web services in XML. Since not everybody sees the comments I'm reproducing it here.
The MARC-XML records for GSAFD are already available from OCLC's Terminology Services Project.
- Name Authority Records Enhanced With Geographic Coordinates
News from LC.The Library of Congress has recently entered into a cooperative project with OCLC to receive and distribute revised name authority records for jurisdictions that will add geographic coordinates in 034 fields (Coded Cartographic Mathematical...
- Genre/form Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there has been discussion about form and genre headings, what to use since LC doesn't have any 155 authority records. There have been suggestions about GSAFD, AAT, using LC subject headings as the form heading also. A new, to me anyway,...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Gsafd Thesaurus
Reading the article Using the OAI-PMH ... Differently by Herbert Van de Sompel, Jeffrey A. Young and Thomas B. Hickey in the latest D-Lib Magazine made me aware of an interesting resource, the GSAFD Thesaurus.The records have long been available for download...
- Marc
The new Understanding MARC Authority Records is now available from the Library of Congress. Understanding Marc Authority introduces the MARC 21 authority format to librarians and students who are not familiar with MARC 21 authority records. Although it...