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	<title>MARS Authority Control &#187; Automated Authority Control</title>
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		<title>Free Floater Subfield Validation</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/07/free-floater-subfield-validation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free-Floater Subdivision Validation (18X) When a heading is attempting to find a match against Library of Congress (LC) authority records, it is typically the case that the full heading will not find a match. Why is this? It is due to all of the varied possibilities with headings that include free-floating subdivisions. For instance, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARS Authority Control Updates</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/mars-authority-control-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This quarter has been a busy one for us at Backstage in the Authority Control / Automation service dept. We always get together and discuss upcoming goals and apply priorities to those goals throughout the year, just as everyone on this list participates in their own goals-oriented meetings. And, just like everyone else, sometimes our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LC Genre/Form Records</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/lc-genreform-records/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/lc-genreform-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have received several inquiries about how we will be handling the new LC Genre/form records (lcgft)   and 655 headings in bibliographic records. Our default policy will be to follow the LC/PCC guidelines.  These can be found on the LC Policy and Standards Division Genre/form web page: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html Here is what this means for Backstage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summary of RDA Options</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/01/summary-of-rda-options/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a clear and concise summary of the main options we have for handling RDA and AACR2 bibliographic records and matching against RDA or AACR2 Authority records. We want you to receive your records exactly the way you want them, so we have created a number of different options. If you have any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re expanding! RBMS and TGM databases available for searching</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/01/were-expanding-rbms-and-tgm-databases-available-for-searching/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/01/were-expanding-rbms-and-tgm-databases-available-for-searching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are proud to announce the addition of two new genre databases in which to match your records against. RBMS &#8212; Rare Books and Manuscript Section TGM &#8212; Thesaurus for Graphic Materials Read more to learn about each of these databases. RBMS – Rare Books and Manuscript Section Association of College and Research Libraries, Division [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have RDA Records Now?</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/10/have-rda-records-now/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/10/have-rda-records-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of LC&#8217;s RDA test partners, we are currently working on our processes now to ensure that not only will RDA records be able to be processed without damaging existing RDA content, but that we will be able to utilize our existing validation and cleanup systems to give you back the very best available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LC &#8216;Maps&#8217; Policy Change</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/10/lc-maps-policy-change/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/10/lc-maps-policy-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LC has recently made changes to the way that Maps will be handled in subject headings. As such, many people wondered how we were going to handle the changes and allow you the freedom and flexibility to do whats best for you library. Our expert librarian, Karen, drew up this explanation of the changes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revision to RDA Testing Policy</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/09/revision-to-rda-testing-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/09/revision-to-rda-testing-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've recently received information about a revision to the RDA testing policy that we had posted a few weeks ago. You should be able to find the updated information here: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Ligatures in MARC</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/09/russian-ligatures-in-marc/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/09/russian-ligatures-in-marc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have had a few other libraries ask about the Russian ligatures since there seems to be several inconsistencies with how these diacritics are coded in LC's authority records.  A couple of months ago, one of our programmers was looking into this issue.  Here is the information that he found:]]></description>
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		<title>RDA Testing and Policies</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/09/rda-testing-and-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/09/rda-testing-and-policies/#comments</comments>
		<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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