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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784206803321

Autore

Maxwell Robert L. <1957->

Titolo

Maxwell's guide to authority work [[electronic resource] /] / Robert L. Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2002

ISBN

0-8389-9908-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

025.3/222

Soggetti

Authority files (Information retrieval)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Acronyms; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Standards Governing Authority Control; Chapter 3: Basic Authority Control Procedures; Chapter 4: Authority Control of Names; Chapter 5: Uniform Titles: General Information; Chapter 6: Uniform Titles: Particular Problems; Chapter 7: Series: General Information; Chapter 8: Series Authority Records; Chapter 9: Authority Control of Terms: Thesaurus Building; Chapter 10: Authority Control of Terms: Subjects; Chapter 11: Authority Control of Terms: Genre/Form; Chapter 12: The Library and Beyond; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Authority work is the linchpin of the library catalog. As the author puts it, ''Without authority control, the burden is placed on the user to think of all the possible forms a cataloger might have used to give access in the catalog to a given author or subject.'' If a subject is not sorted by its authorized heading, then the library and its users and staff are left without a system and ultimately the cost of an unsatisfied user. From one of the preeminent experts in the field, this is the step-by-step guide for ensuring that your library and staff are creating and maintaining authority record