Library Cataloging
a.k.a. (also known as) lists author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names... etc. As of 06/05/04 it included 11,516 entries (4,142 'real' + 7,374 'pseudo').
- Virtual International Authority File
News from Fall of 2011 about OCLC's VIAF. Uniform Titles have been added to the Virtual International Authority File! Now VIAF covers: Personal names Corporate names Geographic names (only jurisdictional names so far) Uniform titlesOld news but still...
- Problems With Names
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names shows the computer folks are finding names a problem. We could have told them that a long time ago.So, as a public service, I?m going to list assumptions your systems probably make about names. All of these assumptions...
- Revised Name Authority Records
The lists of names being revised by adding death dates or changing the open date to a birth date is way too much for a small library to look through. When the lists first appeared I started to check them with my catalog, but soon stopped. Too few hits...
- Nlm Authority File
NLM has announced the implementation of a new authority index feature in the NLM Catalog. This feature provides access to an index of full author names (including dates and name qualifiers), organizations, and conference names, as well as series titles,...
- Authority
On identifying name equivalences in digital libraries by Dror G. Feitelson appears in Information Research, v. 9, no. 4 (July, 2004)The services provided by digital libraries can be much improved by correctly identifying variants of the same name. For...
Library Cataloging
Authorty Tool
a.k.a. (also known as) lists author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names... etc. As of 06/05/04 it included 11,516 entries (4,142 'real' + 7,374 'pseudo').
- Virtual International Authority File
News from Fall of 2011 about OCLC's VIAF. Uniform Titles have been added to the Virtual International Authority File! Now VIAF covers: Personal names Corporate names Geographic names (only jurisdictional names so far) Uniform titlesOld news but still...
- Problems With Names
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names shows the computer folks are finding names a problem. We could have told them that a long time ago.So, as a public service, I?m going to list assumptions your systems probably make about names. All of these assumptions...
- Revised Name Authority Records
The lists of names being revised by adding death dates or changing the open date to a birth date is way too much for a small library to look through. When the lists first appeared I started to check them with my catalog, but soon stopped. Too few hits...
- Nlm Authority File
NLM has announced the implementation of a new authority index feature in the NLM Catalog. This feature provides access to an index of full author names (including dates and name qualifiers), organizations, and conference names, as well as series titles,...
- Authority
On identifying name equivalences in digital libraries by Dror G. Feitelson appears in Information Research, v. 9, no. 4 (July, 2004)The services provided by digital libraries can be much improved by correctly identifying variants of the same name. For...