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	<title>MARS Authority Control &#187; Bibliographic 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>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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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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 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>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></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>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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		<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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		<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>New Optional Report (R08 Generic Names)</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/08/new-optional-report-r08-generic-names/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/08/new-optional-report-r08-generic-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automated Authority Control]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/?p=187</guid>
		<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>RDA Questions and Answers</title>
		<link>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/07/rda-questions-and-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/2010/07/rda-questions-and-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RDA]]></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>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>
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		<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>
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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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