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1. Verfasser: Bulaong, Grace
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: 1980
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contents Authorities and Standards in a Changing World. Bulaong, Grace Cataloging Databases Global Approach Library Automation Library Catalogs Library Networks Library Standards Online Systems Subject Index Terms A comprehensive automated authority system in place as a part of an integrated database having the flexibility to produce any catalog format is proposed as a means of making the library catalog--whether manual or online--more responsive to comprehensive authority changes, including standards and practices, and more useful to the library patron as it provides for updating of access points. The increasing use of uncontrolled automated databases has tended to weaken authority control, despite the requirement for greater control necessitated by the computer's inability to easily accommodate variations in cataloging practice. Systems under development in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada, in particular the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS), are currently offering remedies for this problem. The main feature of the authorities format set by the Library of Congress is a control subfield which is used to indicate cataloging sources, cataloging rules used, type of explanatory notes, romanization or transliteration, relation with other subject terms, and type of reference. The most attractive feature of an automated authority system is its provision of automatic validation of headings or access points. UTLAS has already implemented such a system within a consortium of bibliographic agencies and several participating Canadian libraries. A bibliography lists 26 references and information on the UTLAS format is appended. (RAA)
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spellingShingle Authorities and Standards in a Changing World.
Bulaong, Grace
Cataloging
Databases
Global Approach
Library Automation
Library Catalogs
Library Networks
Library Standards
Online Systems
Subject Index Terms
Authorities and Standards in a Changing World. Bulaong, Grace Cataloging Databases Global Approach Library Automation Library Catalogs Library Networks Library Standards Online Systems Subject Index Terms A comprehensive automated authority system in place as a part of an integrated database having the flexibility to produce any catalog format is proposed as a means of making the library catalog--whether manual or online--more responsive to comprehensive authority changes, including standards and practices, and more useful to the library patron as it provides for updating of access points. The increasing use of uncontrolled automated databases has tended to weaken authority control, despite the requirement for greater control necessitated by the computer's inability to easily accommodate variations in cataloging practice. Systems under development in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada, in particular the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS), are currently offering remedies for this problem. The main feature of the authorities format set by the Library of Congress is a control subfield which is used to indicate cataloging sources, cataloging rules used, type of explanatory notes, romanization or transliteration, relation with other subject terms, and type of reference. The most attractive feature of an automated authority system is its provision of automatic validation of headings or access points. UTLAS has already implemented such a system within a consortium of bibliographic agencies and several participating Canadian libraries. A bibliography lists 26 references and information on the UTLAS format is appended. (RAA)
title Authorities and Standards in a Changing World.
topic Cataloging
Databases
Global Approach
Library Automation
Library Catalogs
Library Networks
Library Standards
Online Systems
Subject Index Terms
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED207480