Posts Tagged ‘Authority Records’

LC Genre/Form Records

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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: (more…)

LC Policies for RDA and AACR2

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

For those of you who are wondering about LC’s policies for RDA and AACR2

records now that the national test is over, LC has posted the PCC Post

RDA Test Guidelines here: (more…)

Summary of RDA Options

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

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 questions about any of these options, or would like to discuss setting up a custom process for your records, give one of our project managers a call at (800) 288-1265. (more…)

We’re expanding! RBMS and TGM databases available for searching

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

We are proud to announce the addition of two new genre databases in which to match your records against.

  • RBMS — Rare Books and Manuscript Section
  • TGM — Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Read more to learn about each of these databases. (more…)

Backstage Plans for RDA Bibliographic Record Handling

Friday, October 29th, 2010

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 options, and with RDA there is no better time than to address this. (more…)

Revision to RDA Testing Policy

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

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

** Note: The update may not be posted yet on the Library of Congress site, it is dated Sept. 2010.

The important aspects of the revision in terms of Authority Control are:

  • The second indicator for the 7XX fields is to be 4 not 7.
  • There will not be a $2 added to the 7XX either