Library Cataloging
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names shows the computer folks are finding names a problem. We could have told them that a long time ago.
- 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...
- Field 720
Why do I so rarely see field 720 used? I just downloaded a record that had two names not in the LC Authority file, yet both were in field 700. Here is the description of field 720 from MARC Full. Added entry in which the name is not controlled in an authority...
- Oclc Name Authority Service
OCLC has a name authority service using the LC NAF. They have recently improved the matching algorithm.We developed this service so that remotely located systems -- institutional repository software, for example (DSpace, ePrints UK, CONTENTdm, eprints.org,...
- Lpsc Poster
Tuesday I'll be presenting my poster for LPSC. I'm hoping some of the scientists go back to their libraries and clean-up and get their names submitted into the LC Name Authority File. This is a larger problem for women who marry, change their...
- 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,...
Library Cataloging
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 are wrong. Try to make less of them next time you write a system which touches names.There are a total of forty assumptions listed and some of the commentators have added more.People have exactly one canonical full name.People have exactly one full name which they go by.People have, at this point in time, exactly one canonical full name.People have, at this point in time, one full name which they go by.People have exactly N names, for any value of N.People?s names fit within a certain defined amount of space.People?s names do not change.People?s names change, but only at a certain enumerated set of events.People?s names are written in ASCII.People?s names are written in any single character set.
- 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...
- Field 720
Why do I so rarely see field 720 used? I just downloaded a record that had two names not in the LC Authority file, yet both were in field 700. Here is the description of field 720 from MARC Full. Added entry in which the name is not controlled in an authority...
- Oclc Name Authority Service
OCLC has a name authority service using the LC NAF. They have recently improved the matching algorithm.We developed this service so that remotely located systems -- institutional repository software, for example (DSpace, ePrints UK, CONTENTdm, eprints.org,...
- Lpsc Poster
Tuesday I'll be presenting my poster for LPSC. I'm hoping some of the scientists go back to their libraries and clean-up and get their names submitted into the LC Name Authority File. This is a larger problem for women who marry, change their...
- 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,...