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I want to thank all of you for taking the time to sign up on the Backstage
Library Works authority control list server. We currently have 58 customers
signed up. Now all we need is someone to post a message. I thought I would
take the liberty of getting my feet wet first.
Many of you may know that there has been much communication on the catalog
list server concerning syncing new authorities with death dates to existing
heading in the bibliographic record that do not have a death date.
For most ILS systems this is a problem because the software used to align
the 1XX of the authority record with the 1XX or 7XX of the bibliographic
record relies on a normalized string match to make this connection. Because
the authority record has changed and the See References do not reflect the
old heading, these heading will not flip on most ILS systems. The
authority record for Richard Nixon better illustrates this. Notice that
there is no See Reference for Richard Nixon without his death date. (Nixon,
Richard M. $q(Richard Milhouse), $d1913-)
-001
__01036cz 2200289n 4500
001
__n 79018757
003
__DLC
005
__20060129110612.0
008
__790402n| acannaabn |a aaa
010
__$an 79018757
035
__$a(OCoLC)oca00252604
040
__$aDLC$beng$cDLC$dDLC$dNcU$dOCoLC$dDLC-R$dSdMadT
100
1_$aNixon, Richard M.$q(Richard Milhous),$d1913-1994
400
0_$aNi-k?o-sung,$d1913-1994
400
0_$aNikesong,$d1913-1994
400
1_$aNikson, Ric?ard Milhaus,$d1913-1994
400
0_$aNi-k?o-hsun,$d1913-1994
400
0_$aNikexun,$d1913-1994
400
0_$aNikesen,$d1913-1994
400
0_$aNi-k?o-sen,$d1913-1994
400
1_$aNiksun, Ritshard,$d1913-1994
400
1_$wnna$aNixon, Richard Milhous,$d1913-1994
400
1_$aNixon, Richard,$d1913-1994
510
1_$aUnited States.$bPresident (1969-1974 : Nixon)
670
__$aAndrews, P. This man Nixon, 1952.
670
__$aHis Leaders, c1982:$bCIP t.p. (Richard Nixon)
670
__$aWashington Post, 23 April 1994$b(Richard Milhous Nixon died on 22 April
1994)
This absence of a See Reference with the open death date has caused
considerable problems in the library automation world. Though the problem
is not with authority control vendors, the amount of records updated through
the automated process causes a backlog in reconciling these records.
Backstage Library Works can provide a solution for those running into this
problem. It requires temporary manipulation of the Library of Congress
authority record, but the end result is an automated match of authority
headings with the authority record.
Backstage temporarily creates a See Reference that is the same as your
bibliographic heading. This results in the ILS system linking with the
correct authority record and changing the heading to match the 1XX of the
authority record. We then send the same file without the see reference to
overlay the temporary file and give you the correct Library of Congress
Subject heading.
If you are having this problem and want to talk further about our solution
please contact your project manager for additional details.
I hope the above is helpful and I hope you will feel comfortable about
sharing information with your colleagues on this list server. Thank you for
your time and happy posting
John Reese
Product Manager
Backstage Library Works
Voice (800) 391-5210 Ext. 249
Fax (801) 356-8220
Email jreese(a)bslw.com