Library Cataloging
News form LC concerning Name Authority Records.
- Rda Naco Training
NACO is providing training to their members but anyone can take advantage of the resources to understand how name authority records will be created using RDA. This training is designed for existing NACO Program members who are making the transition from...
- Dept. Or Department?
LC is seeking comments on changing Dept. to Department. The Library of Congress proposes to adopt the AACR2 provision (which is also incorporated into RDA: Resource Description and Access) of not abbreviating "department" in headings unless it is abbreviated...
- Non-latin Data In Name Authority Records
From LC:As previously announced, MDS- Name Authority records will be enhanced with non-Latin script data in 4XX fields and selected notes beginning June 1, 2008, (see earlier announcements at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/nonroman_announce.pdf and http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/nonlatin_whitepaper.html...
- Arabic Name Authority
Arabic name authority in the online environment : options and implications Speirs Plettner, Martha (2003)International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control 32(2). The article examines the efforts for incorporating non-Roman scripts, notably Arabic,...
- Authority Records
This from the latest LC Cataloging Newsline: For some time now, LC's Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) has been processing and distributing to subscribers, including the bibliographic utilities, name authority records derived from the National...
Library Cataloging
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 fields in WorldCat, a use of data-mining techniques originally developed for the WorldCat Identities project. The pre-population project, which began in mid-July, added non-Latin script references to 497,576 name authority records for personal names and corporate bodies.**For NACO catalogers, this means that the moratorium on updating 100/110 authority records that existed prior to July 2008 to add non-Latin script references is now lifted. All name authority records are now candidates for the addition of non-Latin script references. Thanks for your patience during this period.**LC hopes to announce soon a process by which catalogers that have been examining the non-Latin script references added by this project can contribute to the development of policies and practices for the future, such as the issues raised in the white paper on non-Latin script references in name authority records.Special thanks to Robert Bremer, and colleagues at OCLC, for all the efforts to make this pre-population a reality.
- Rda Naco Training
NACO is providing training to their members but anyone can take advantage of the resources to understand how name authority records will be created using RDA. This training is designed for existing NACO Program members who are making the transition from...
- Dept. Or Department?
LC is seeking comments on changing Dept. to Department. The Library of Congress proposes to adopt the AACR2 provision (which is also incorporated into RDA: Resource Description and Access) of not abbreviating "department" in headings unless it is abbreviated...
- Non-latin Data In Name Authority Records
From LC:As previously announced, MDS- Name Authority records will be enhanced with non-Latin script data in 4XX fields and selected notes beginning June 1, 2008, (see earlier announcements at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/nonroman_announce.pdf and http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/nonlatin_whitepaper.html...
- Arabic Name Authority
Arabic name authority in the online environment : options and implications Speirs Plettner, Martha (2003)International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control 32(2). The article examines the efforts for incorporating non-Roman scripts, notably Arabic,...
- Authority Records
This from the latest LC Cataloging Newsline: For some time now, LC's Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) has been processing and distributing to subscribers, including the bibliographic utilities, name authority records derived from the National...