There could be problems in authority control, because sometimes the "adult" subject headings and the "children's" subject headings disagree.
So "X" may be a perfectly good "adult" subject heading, but is not the valid "children's" heading (and vice versa). So your catalog might look something like this: Subject X would have under it a list of items that have that as a subject heading, but also a note that says: "For items under Subject X, search under subject Y instead." In a system that automates authority control, things could even get worse: all the subject heading "X"s in records might get automatically changed to subject "Y." (The best systems should be able to distinguish between authority records for children's and adults' subjects.) If you decide to use both kind of subject headings, maybe you could set things up so that depending on the kind of search, just one kind of subject headings would show up. That's my five agorot; maybe somebody has a better answer. Shabbat Shalom. -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Authority Control Librarian (currently on leave) City University of New York Minyanim Coordinator, Photographer, etc. AJL NYC Convention 2004 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
