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: 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 > > > >