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Standing Committee on AutomationTask Group on Linking Bibliographic and Authority RecordsSally Sinn Associate Director, Technical Services Division Becky Dean Database Specialist Jane Grawemeyer Academic Product Manager Greta de Groat Head, Database Quality Section Patricia Logsdon Database Management Supervisor and NACO Coordinator Don Thornbury Head, Cataloging Division Martha Yee UCLA Film and Television Archive Linda Zaleski Systems Analyst Note on scope: This will include name, uniform title/series, and subject authorities. 1. Draft charge for the Task Group: The task group will investigate existing techniques for linking bibliographic and authority records within respective systems, evaluate the efficacy of these techniques for validation and global updates, and propose a minimum set of functional capabilities that should exist in any system. These capabilities will include the effect on operations in a local institution, within and among the bibliographic utilities and in vendors' authority services. The task group will consider the implications of intra-system linkages (local) and inter-system linkages (universal) and the suitability of USMARC formats for supporting and communicating linking information in a distributed environment. 2. Proposed outcomes: A functional description of the relationship of authority records to the headings in bibliographic records in the creation and maintenance of bibliographic records. A survey of the current state-of-technology. Requirements for future development and/or suggestions for research topics. 3. Duration: 6 months Fime frame: Final report forthcoming |
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