The state of authority
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
12-1-1988
Abstract
Surveys were conducted to determine how American college and university libraries are employing authority control, the impact of AACR2 and online catalogs upon the need for authority control, and the effect of OCLC cataloging upon a university library catalog established without authority control for corporate or personal names. The conclusions were that most American college and university libraries utilize authority control over most entries, AACR2 and online catalogs are responsible for an increased interest in authority control, the trend toward online catalogs with linked authority control will greatly enhance control over cataloging records, and cataloging from the OCLC database can be expected to conflict significantly in a library catalog without authority control.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Information Technology and Libraries
Volume
7
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Baer, Nadine L., and Karl E. Johnson. "The state of authority." Information Technology and Libraries 7, 2 (1988). doi: 10.6017/ital.v7i2.8945.