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	<title>MARS Authority Control &#187; Authority Records</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>
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		<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>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>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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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Authority Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliographic Records]]></category>

		<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>Summary of RDA Options</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/01/summary-of-rda-options/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2011/01/summary-of-rda-options/#comments</comments>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TGM]]></category>

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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>Backstage Plans for RDA Bibliographic Record Handling</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/10/backstage-plans-for-rda-bibliographic-record-handling/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/10/backstage-plans-for-rda-bibliographic-record-handling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authority Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction There has been a lot of talk recently regarding what options are available to our clients when it concerns their RDA bibliographic records.  We realized this was a great opportunity to discuss with you our tentative plans during this testing phase.  Our company has always been interested in providing our customers with different processing [...]]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
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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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