Please see below re Virtual International Authority File ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Policy and Standards Division" <pol...@loc.gov> To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:09:15 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [PCCLIST] The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) and NACO
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 -- 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
