Library Cataloging
I've set up a poll on old preliminary records. Just for fun or to vent.
- Poll Results
Very unscientific poll results: Do Library of Congress authority records from the mid-1980s that are still preliminary bother you? Yes. [ 52% (14 votes) ] Not so much. [ 26% (7 votes) ] No. [ 22% (6 votes) ]...
- Preliminary Authority Records
I'm bothered by authority records at remaining as preliminary for 25 years or so. Seems like we should be wary of using preliminary things. If a piece of software is marketed as preliminary or beta, I'd only use it in controlled situations. Yet...
- Preliminary Authority Records
Just what does it take to upgrade a preliminary authority record? I ask because there are some about 25 years old that are still preliminary. n 83827701 Space Age Astronomy Symposium (1961 : Pasadena, Calif.) or n 83827385 Solar Spectrum Symposium (1963...
- Authority Records In Marcxml
Seen elsewhere but too pertinent not to mention, is that the LC authority file is now available in MARCXML.Using a custom agent, we were able to harvest 6.95 million authority records using the publicly accessible interface to the Library of Congress...
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
Some news about the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Please note that we've made some changes to the draft MARC authorities to MADS mapping, since we discovered in writing the stylesheet for conversion that the authority attribute was...
Library Cataloging
Preliminary Authority Records
I've set up a poll on old preliminary records. Just for fun or to vent.
- Poll Results
Very unscientific poll results: Do Library of Congress authority records from the mid-1980s that are still preliminary bother you? Yes. [ 52% (14 votes) ] Not so much. [ 26% (7 votes) ] No. [ 22% (6 votes) ]...
- Preliminary Authority Records
I'm bothered by authority records at remaining as preliminary for 25 years or so. Seems like we should be wary of using preliminary things. If a piece of software is marketed as preliminary or beta, I'd only use it in controlled situations. Yet...
- Preliminary Authority Records
Just what does it take to upgrade a preliminary authority record? I ask because there are some about 25 years old that are still preliminary. n 83827701 Space Age Astronomy Symposium (1961 : Pasadena, Calif.) or n 83827385 Solar Spectrum Symposium (1963...
- Authority Records In Marcxml
Seen elsewhere but too pertinent not to mention, is that the LC authority file is now available in MARCXML.Using a custom agent, we were able to harvest 6.95 million authority records using the publicly accessible interface to the Library of Congress...
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
Some news about the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Please note that we've made some changes to the draft MARC authorities to MADS mapping, since we discovered in writing the stylesheet for conversion that the authority attribute was...