Re: Fwd: [PCCLIST] The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) andNACO

[Joan C Biella]

Fun!

>>> Heidi G Lerner <ler...@stanford.edu> 11/12/09 5:59 PM >>>
Please see below re Virtual International Authority File
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Subject: [PCCLIST] The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) and
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Dear PCC catalogers: 
The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) has moved to beta phase
and is available for all to search at: http://viaf.org/ 

NACO catalogers are encouraged to use the VIAF as a reference source for
indentifying persons and for resolving conflicts and disambiguation of
personal names as needed. When new and useful information is found in
VIAF it may be used and should be justified in a 670 citation. 

Suggested forms of citations include: 

1) The name or code of the institution responsible for the information
that is being used as viewed in the VIAF. 

2) The date of the search (remember that as with other data files, this
is a dynamic file subject to change, thus the date viewed/consulted is
very important). 

3) The information found, including the heading as found and any
identifying attributes as well as useful variants to be added: 

670 $a [Name of institution in VIAF], [date of search] $b (hdg.: ([name
as found in the VIAF authority record or participating library data
base; variants: (if any)]) 

FOR EXAMPLE 
670 $ BNF in VIAF, Nov. 12, 2009 $b (hdg.: Gaulle‏ , Charles de,
1890-1970)‏ 

670 $a Nat. Lib. Israel (Cyrillic), in VIAF, viewed Nov. 12, 2009 $b
(hdg.: СЕРВАНТЕС СААВЕДРА, МИГЕЛЬ ДЕ,‏ 1547-1616‏) 

When the VIAF is consulted and no information is found to disambiguate
names: 

675 $a VIAF, viewed 12 Nov. 2009. 

All information should be used in accordance with AACR2, the Library of
Congress Rule Interpretations, and current NACO policies. Examples of
VIAF citations will be added to the Descriptive Cataloging Manual (DCM)
Z1, 670 section in the next update. 

posted by: 
Ana Lupe Cristán 
Policy and Standards Division 
Library of Congress, LA 310 
Washington, DC 20540-4305 
Tel.: 202.707.7921 
Fax: 202.707.6629 
Email: a...@loc.gov 

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Heidi G. Lerner
Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger
Metadata Development Unit
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
e-mail: ler...@stanford.edu
ph: 650-725-9953
fax: 650-725-1120