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	<title>MARS Authority Control &#187; MARC</title>
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		<title>Transition away from MARC?</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/11/transition-away-from-marc/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/11/transition-away-from-marc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent announcement by the Library of Congress (LC) has provided more details about its intent to steer away from MARC format and begin investigation into its replacement. MARC has been the format for bibliographic and authority record exchange for nearly 40 years. Because of that the format lacks the ability to accommodate fully the features planned for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRBR, FRAD, and RDA what they all mean</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/frbr-frad-and-rda-what-they-all-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/frbr-frad-and-rda-what-they-all-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re anything like me when you hear about FRBR, FRAD, and RDA you wonder who spilled their alphabet soup. But these are serious topics in the library world and we need to understand what each term means, how they relate to one another, and what we can expect to see in the future. Karen, [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genres]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/?p=260</guid>
		<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>LC Policies for RDA and AACR2</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/lc-policies-for-rda-and-aacr2/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/03/lc-policies-for-rda-and-aacr2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are wondering about LC&#8217;s policies for RDA and AACR2 records now that the national test is over, LC has posted the PCC Post RDA Test Guidelines here: &#160; http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/PCC-Post-RDA-Test.html &#160; The document is understandable and has some really good examples for the different scenarios.  This will be a good site [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Customization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LC Policies]]></category>

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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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Records]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MARC]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Adding to Authorities</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/08/adding-to-authorities/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/08/adding-to-authorities/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Automation]]></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>RDA Changes in MARC Records</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/04/rda-changes-in-marc-records/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/04/rda-changes-in-marc-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen, our RDA Librarian, provided me with a fascinating report on recent changes to MARC, in many instances to accommodate the additional information in RDA. Here&#8217;s what she had to say. Now that MARC21 Update 11 has been published, I’ve done through both the Bibliographic format standards and the Authority format standards and made a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing: New 300 Field Validation</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/04/announcing-new-300-field-validation/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/04/announcing-new-300-field-validation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to continue improving our bibliographic validation services, we've been writing some cleanup steps for the 300 field.  Nothing drastic of course -- just some "straightening out" changes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is Series Authority Control</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/03/what-is-a-series-authority-control/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/03/what-is-a-series-authority-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authority Records]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we talked a little bit about the history of how series have been handled, but what is series authority control? Of all the types of Authority Control (Names, Subjects, Series) series is likely the most complex aspect and can be quite overwhelming for both newcomers and veterans of Authority Control. Our Authority Librarian, [...]]]></description>
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