Please respond to the list, DALNET is also interested in the answer to this
question and we are also a NACO contributor.

At 05:17 PM 3/24/98 -0600, you wrote:
>This question is addressed to NACO libraries. Here at the University of
>Chicago we are considering whether to create a resource file of LC authority
>records to support our authority work. In our former system, we had such a
>resource file, but up to now, we have not had one in our new system, which
>is Horizon. We are still running the old system, and we create the file
>with records received from Peter Ward. I would like to hear from other
>NACO participants about how you get access to the national authority file
>for purposes of doing your NACO work. Do you use OCLC or RLIN or another
>file? If OCLC, how do you cope with the problem of no keyword searching for
>authorities? That's the sticking point for us; catalogers are very
>reluctant to give up the local resource file because of the difficulties of
>searching OCLC.
>
>In order not to clutter up the list, please respond to me,
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>If people are really interested I will summarize the results and post to the
>list.
>
>Thank you very much!
>
>Jane Ciacci
>Jane Ciacci
>Head, Cataloging Department
>The University of Chicago Library
>1100 East 57th St., Rm. 172
>Chicago, IL 60637
>tel: (773)702-8739
>fax: (773)702-6623
>
Anaclare Evans
Systems Librarian
Wayne State University/DALNET
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