02791nam 2200553 a 450 991081137480332120200520144314.00-8389-9908-5(CKB)1000000000345684(EBL)289097(OCoLC)476043702(SSID)ssj0000199482(PQKBManifestationID)11199109(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199482(PQKBWorkID)10185322(PQKB)10513014(MiAaPQ)EBC3001658(MiAaPQ)EBC289097(Au-PeEL)EBL3001658(CaPaEBR)ebr10194706(Au-PeEL)EBL289097(EXLCZ)99100000000034568420020125d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaxwell's guide to authority work /Robert L. Maxwell1st ed.Chicago American Library Association20021 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8389-0822-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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;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 recordGuide to authority workAuthority files (Information retrieval)Authority files (Information retrieval)025.3/222Maxwell Robert L.1957-742614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811374803321Maxwell's guide to authority work3989279UNINA