We are exploring Evergreen to see how things work and I have a couple of questions about how authorities work.
1. We do not have any authority records loaded in our system (unless they somehow came with the software, which seems doubtful). However, when I am in cataloging (either creating a new record or looking at a Z39.50 record before import) I click on "validate" and the headings turn red. When I right-click I get the message that there are no matching authority records found. This is true for any heading field, even ones like Children $z Africa $z Fiction, where all parts would have matching authority records if we had them. So why do the headings turn red, as if they validated against authority records? 2. For people who are loading authority records, where are you getting them from? It is expensive to purchase the files from LC/CDS. Any other sources that are not one-by-one (e.g. authorities.loc.gov)? We have loaded the new release so we could upload files of authority records if we had any. 3. What are active Evergreen users doing for authority control? Ignoring it, loading authority records, getting authority records one-by-one (if so, from where and how?) 4. Can Z39.50 support authority searches and record import? It seems not, but maybe I am missing something here so I thought I would ask. Thanks for any help on this. Margaret ----------------------------------------------------------- Margaret Lourie Consultant, Technical Services NELINET, Inc. 153 Cordaville Road Southborough, MA 01772 Direct phone line: 508-597-1942 Phone: 800-635-4638, ext. 1942 Direct Fax: 508-597-1992 Fax: 508-460-9455 [email protected]
