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We will use this document for posting Authority control questions. For the initial set of questions, we will review responses at our May 18th meeting. Please prepend your responses with your initials.
| Question | Responses - prepend with initials |
|---|---|
| Vendor : Do you use a vendor to apply to update MARC bib and MARC authority records? | Duke does use a vendor; JS |
Controlled MARC bib tags: Are the follow MARC bib tags controlled by a MARC authority record? Any other MARC bib tags that are controlled by a MARC authority record
| MARC 490 does not contain controlled headings; JS |
| Applying authority control via Data import: If you use data import, do you expect to set an option that will match MARC authority heading to MARC bib tag. | No; JS |
| Applying authority controlled a control via single record import: Should an option be available that automatically applies authority control? | No; JS |
| Authority control (manual) : Do you manually match headings? If so, what is the % of your workflow? | |
| Authority control (automated): Do you currently use an your ILS' automated service? If so, what is the % of your workflow? | Not until/unless the Entity Management App is developed, and then it should still be optional; JS |
| Current workflow for matching: What is your current workflow for matching headings? | |
| Preferred workflow for matching: What is your preferred workflow for matching? In other words, if you had the chance to build authority control support in a system from scratch what would be the preferred workflow? | |
| Preferred vs non-preferred handling: How do you want to handle a non-preferred match? | |
| Matching: Do you populate $0 and $1? Do you plan to populate $0 and $1? | The authority vendor populates the $0, when matching headings (links to id.loc.gov); JS |
| Name (Authority file): Does your library use multiple Name - authority files? Which Name - authority file(s) does your library use? | |
| Subject (authority file): Which Subject - authority file(s) does your library use? | |
| Title (authority file): Which Title - authority file(s) does your library use? | |
| Genre (authority file): Which Genre - authority file(s) does your library use? | |
| Local (authority file): Does your library manage local authority records? | |
| Updates (manual): Do you manually match update headings? If so, what is the % of your workflow? | |
| Updates (automated): Do you currently use an automated service? If so, what is the % of your workflow? | |
| Update bib records: What is your expectation for when updates should be applied to bib records? | |
| Reports/Lists: What reports are needed to support your workflow(s)? | |
| Any additional questions? What critical workflow/functionality has not been covered with these questions that should be discussed? |
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