LEADER 02754nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910784206803321 005 20230607220915.0 010 $a0-8389-9908-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000345684 035 $a(EBL)289097 035 $a(OCoLC)476043702 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199109 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185322 035 $a(PQKB)10513014 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3001658 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC289097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3001658 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194706 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL289097 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000345684 100 $a20020125d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaxwell's guide to authority work$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert L. Maxwell 210 $aChicago $cAmerican Library Association$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8389-0822-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aAuthority 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 606 $aAuthority files (Information retrieval) 615 0$aAuthority files (Information retrieval) 676 $a025.3/222 700 $aMaxwell$b Robert L.$f1957-$0742614 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784206803321 996 $aMaxwell's guide to authority work$93733049 997 $aUNINA