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	<title>MARS Authority Control &#187; Chad</title>
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		<title>RDA Testing and Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are gearing up our RDA Testing as one of the official Test Partners with LC and we wanted to share with you what we are doing. There will be more to come in the coming days and weeks, but our wonderful RDA Librarian Karen has put together what to expect right away. If you&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Optional Report (R08 Generic Names)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Optional Report – R08 Generic Names Backstage has a new optional report that can be generated during Current Cataloging or Basefile processing.  The new report lists all generic name headings.  Below is a brief description of the report as well as a few examples of how headings on this report appear. The fields in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding to Authorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authority Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a national authority record just lacks some of the key information that your library needs. Maybe it&#8217;s an important cross-reference, a note, or some sort of field identifier. If you just receive the latest Library of Congress authority, for example, you could lose all that hard work that you and your staff have gone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backstage Testing RDA</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/08/backstage-testing-rda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cataloging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a provider of cataloging services, Backstage will be evaluating the effects of RDA on costs and services to library and publisher clients in relation to cataloging, copy cataloging, retrospective conversion, and reclassification.  Specific attention will be paid to the ease and time of training entry level para-professionals for working in an RDA environment]]></description>
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		<title>RDA Questions and Answers</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/07/rda-questions-and-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authority Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that RDA has been published, there are lots of questions about when we will start seeing RDA records.  LC and OCLC have both asked that no RDA records, or records using RDA elements be sent out until October 1st, 2010 when the National RDA Test participants will start producing records officially.  Here are some links to policy statements and other information that may help you figure out what to expect.]]></description>
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		<title>Study at the Library</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/07/study-at-the-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have to congratulate Brigham Young University for their excellent commercial, Study Like A Scholar, about the benefits of studying at the library. Enjoy]]></description>
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		<title>Authority Control in Washington DC? ALA</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/158/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/158/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. No, it&#8217;s not a new approach to the constitutional separation of powers. It&#8217;s the semiannual MARS AUTHORITY CONTROL BREAKFAST! Join us at ALA, Saturday morning for breakfast at Clyde&#8217;s 707 7th Street NW Washington, DC Saturday, June 26, 2010 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. (Clyde&#8217;s is just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Most of RDA Toolkit’s Open-Access Period Webinar</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/making-the-most-of-rda-toolkit%e2%80%99s-open-access-period-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/making-the-most-of-rda-toolkit%e2%80%99s-open-access-period-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently one of our Project Managers, Jeremy, sat down to watch the latest RDA webinar, these are his thoughts and notes from the webinar. On June 17-18, Troy Linker from ALA Publishing presented a few webinars about how to make the most out of the open-access period for the RDA Toolkit.  This open-access will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Countdown to RDA</title>
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		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/06/final-countdown-to-rda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, June is here, and we’re counting down to the launch of RDA (Resource Description and Access).  The launch date is set for the middle of the month (we’re keeping our fingers crossed) but I don’t believe there is an exact date set.  What is actually being launched is the RDA Toolkit.  This is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is Authority Control Important?</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/05/why-is-authority-control-important/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/05/why-is-authority-control-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many times, the name of a person, place, or thing is constantly changing.  For example, the artist currently known as “Diddy” has had several name changes over the years.  Without a current authority record, a patron may not be able to find all of the items by this artist if they are searching on his former name of Sean Combs.]]></description>
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