Library Cataloging
The research folks at OCLC have a Virtual International Authority File running.
- Viafbot Video
A video showing OCLC Research Wikipedian in Residence Max Klein and Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt discussing the results of having Max's "VIAFbot" link Virtual International Authority File records to Wikipedia references....
- 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...
- 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...
- Ifla Cataloging Newsletter
The latest issue of SCATNews Newsletter of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section is now available. Among the articles are:Report on the meeting of the Study Group on Future Directions of the ISBDs, 28-30 April, 2005, at Die Deutsche Bibliothek...
- Names
VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File is a joint project of OCLC with the Library of Congress and Die Deutsche Bibliothek.Once the existing authority records are linked, shared OAI servers will be established to maintain the authority files and...
Library Cataloging
Virtual International Authority File
The research folks at OCLC have a Virtual International Authority File running.
The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and OCLC are jointly conducting a project to match and link the authority records for personal names in the retrospective personal name authority files of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (dnb), the Library of Congress (LC), and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF).
- Viafbot Video
A video showing OCLC Research Wikipedian in Residence Max Klein and Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt discussing the results of having Max's "VIAFbot" link Virtual International Authority File records to Wikipedia references....
- 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...
- 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...
- Ifla Cataloging Newsletter
The latest issue of SCATNews Newsletter of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section is now available. Among the articles are:Report on the meeting of the Study Group on Future Directions of the ISBDs, 28-30 April, 2005, at Die Deutsche Bibliothek...
- Names
VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File is a joint project of OCLC with the Library of Congress and Die Deutsche Bibliothek.Once the existing authority records are linked, shared OAI servers will be established to maintain the authority files and...