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Clarence J. Brown
Original Cataloging
312 Memorial Library
University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-3529
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----- Original Message -----
From: Clarence Brown <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:25 pm
Subject: Re: local authority files
To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]>


> If you don't have authority records in your local file, how are you 
> going to generate cross references for your patrons?  Authority 
> control isn't just a cataloger's game, it's designed to point the 
> library user to the correct heading for searching the local catalog.  
> We're using Voyager and regularly load current MARC authority records 
> (that are also on OCLC) to our local Voyager system. 
>  
>  Clarence J. Brown
>  Original Cataloging
>  312 Memorial Library
>  University of Wisconsin--Madison
>  Madison, WI 53706
>  608-262-3529
>  [log in to unmask]
>  
>  
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Bing Zuo-Dittmer <[log in to unmask]>
>  Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:02 pm
>  Subject: local authority files
>  To: [log in to unmask]
>  
>  
>  > Please excuse me if this topic has already been discussed.
>  >  
>  >  I would like to know how much time others spend on maintaining their
>  >  local authority files. How do you use them?
>  >  
>  >  To me, OCLC Connexion provides everything we need for cataloging. 
> One
>  >  can use Connexion's Authorities button to check name and subject
>  >  headings. It even provides "Browse LC Names and Subjects History" 
> that
>  >  allows one to check what headings have been previously changed by 
> other
>  >  libraries. Also, LC Authorities is accessible to everyone. Isn't this
>  >  what a shared bibliographic utility is for? OCLC's Bibliographic Record
>  >  Notification service delivers updated MARC records to libraries if 
> they
>  >  hold the items whose headings have changed. Do you think one can 
> do the
>  >  same job without the local authority files? 
>  >  
>  >   
>  >  
>  >  Bing Zuo-Dittmer
>  >  
>  >