Margaret,
The red headings after validation mean that the heading did not validate. If you don't have authority records, none of your headings will validate. So even Children $z Africa $v Fiction won't validate without a file to compare (Children $z Africa $z Fiction would not validate with a file, since the last subfield would be a typo) We contract with Marcive for our authority headings. I don't know how their prices compare with other vendors since I am not involved with the contract. Authority control is still a work in progress in Evergreen. It is my understanding that you cannot search nor update authority records through the Z39.50 gateway and there has not been another mechanism to update them. However, Vandelay, the new record importer, will allow us to do so. We have been checking headings through LC's website or the Connexion client, when the need arises. Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager Georgia Public Library Service, A Unit of the University System of Georgia 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.georgialibraries.org <http://www.georgialibraries.org> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lourie, Margaret Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Authority records 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]
