Ana,
I'm confused about searching AMICUS Web.  It prompts me to search, and I
get bibliographic records.  Are we supposed to register to view authority
records?
Esther


At 10:27 AM 07/27/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>FYI:
>
>        At the recent ALA Annual Conference, Marg Stewart, chief, NLC
Standards
>and Support, announced that access to the AMICUS database
>is now OFFICIALLY free and available for searching without
>registration.  Below is the announcement to that effect posted to the
>NLC web site.
>
>        Those of you who had previously communicated with the Coop Team
>concerning the need to register and the problems associated with that
>procedure are again encouraged to use AMICUS on the web
>< http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/7/2/ > when establishing Canadian headings for
>NACO.
>        In order to search the AMICUS authority file registration is still
>necessary, but the paperwork involved in that procedure has been changed
>to reflect that there is no cost, etc. and therefore should be less
>problematic.  Nonetheless, NACO catalogers should be aware that a
>heading used on an NLC (040=CaOONL) bibliographic record is sufficient
>verification for the form of a heading in a name authority record and
>therefore, searching the NLC authority file is not a NACO requirement.
>
>        Corporate body headings not found in AMICUS or complex corporate
>heading situations should continue to be reported to the NACO Liaison at
>LC.
>
>        Questions, comments, etc. on the announcement below may be sent
>directly to me at [log in to unmask]
>
>************************************
>Date: June 15, 2001:
>
>At the annual conference of the Canadian Library Association,
>Mr. Carrier, the National Librarian of Canada has announced that
>AMICUS is now available free of charge.
>
>AMICUS, which includes the catalogue of the National Library of
>Canada as well as records for items held in all of Canada's major
>research libraries, had been available only to the clients that could
>afford the subscription fee. This barrier has now been eliminated.
>
>"We have made the AMICUS system open and flexible," said Judith
>Prindiville, director of AMICUS client services. "All the basic
>functions are now available to everyone without charge and without
>registration.
>We hope everyone tries it."
>To personalize the interface, download records, or send interlibrary
>loan requests, registration will still be required but the functions
>will be available at no cost.
>
>So have a look at AMICUS Web at http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/amicus
>*****************************
>Ana Cristán
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