[Forwarded with permission]
May 1, 2008
Dear Colleagues,
The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control submitted its
final report, On the Record , to me on January 9, 2008. I have
distributed the document to three groups within the Library of Congress
for analysis and comment. I
Hello everyone,
I think that what Mac Elrod is quoting from is a handout that was
distributed at a meeting of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging's
Bibco and CONSER Operations Committees. The official outcomes are
currently being drafted and reviewed and it is expected that they
will be
Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query,
the Virtual International Authority File is a reality, even if it is still in
start up project mode - try http://viaf.org (for now it is just the personal
name authority records from the Library of Congress, the
VIAF, very cool. Will have to get in touch with my NACO liaison about its
relation to NACO work. I just submitted a name for review for Agapius,
Bishop of Hierapolis. DNB has it entered under the Arabic form of the name.
What does that mean for NACO?
Gene Fieg
Cataloger
Claremont School of
VIAF -- definite coolness. I'd add the URL to my teeshirt. ;-)
I realize ClassWeb is an essential revenue stream, but it would be nice to see
those funded to be open for all. (Suppressing political comment about national
priorities)
K.G. Schneider
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DNB and others to eventually join VIAF will not necessarily follow the same
cataloging rules or conventions or even the same scripts or language (we hope
soon to add more non-Latin scripts) - records for the same entitity are mapped
to each other using a computer algorithm that is about 95%
Properties table
http://docs.google.com/View?revision=_latestdocid=dhpg2gtj_54fgnz8rfshl=en
Someone did not take Philosophy 101. Almost every definition uses the
term(s) being defined. The few instances in which examples are given
are helpful; that should be done in each case.
Of course the
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