Thanks to Chuck Herrold for calling attention to the large number of preliminary name authorities being added to LC's authority file.
LC has described its new CD Workflow in various forums over the past two years. In a nutshell, the workflow, designed to create and maintain currency in processing all CD receipts (over 30,000 annually), attempts to automate copy cataloging and authority work to the greatest extent possible. Using OCLC standard and custom automated procedures, LC is able to match fifty percent of its receipts. OCLC-generated authority reports for these matches, via its MARS service, are used by LC catalogers to identify and perform needed authority work.
The authorities component of this workflow did not move into our general production lines until mid-April of this year. In the last two months, cataloger efforts in this particular workflow have resulted in the following statistics:
5,300 headings examined
2,054 preliminary name authorities created
85 series authorities created
213 authorities modified
865 bibliographic records modified
2,615 copied bib records finished for distribution
Because these numbers are needed in order to maintain currency
Cooperation is the only avenue to success in the music cataloging community. Standard practice dictates that we upgrade these
Joe Bartl
Joseph Bartl
Music & Sound Recording Team 1
Special Materials Cataloging Division
Library of Congress
202-707-0013
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