{"id":39,"date":"2009-04-15T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ac.bslw.com\/community\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2009-06-12T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T21:01:12","slug":"announcing-heading-tracker-a-death-date-fix-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ac.bslw.com\/community\/blog\/2009\/04\/announcing-heading-tracker-a-death-date-fix-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Heading Tracker a death date fix and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backstage Library Works is pleased to announce Heading Tracker<\/strong>, a much-anticipated enhancement to the MARS\u2122<\/sup> Authority Control Service. This enhancement is free to MARS clients using ongoing authority control services \u2014 Current Cataloging, Notification Services, or both.<\/p>\n

In response to requests from many of our clients, the MARS team has developed this Heading Tracker enhancement to bridge the gap between antiquated and updated headings provided by the Library of Congress, when LC does not formally establish a see<\/em> reference to connect the old heading to its new version.<\/p>\n

This gap is most often noticeable in the problem whose solution we’ve long referred to as the ‘death date fix’ \u2014 where LC adds a death date to a name heading, causing a disconnect between your records with open death dates and the new authorized headings with closed dates \u2014 but it shows up in changes to uniform titles and other headings as well.<\/p>\n

To resolve this problem, the Heading Tracker subroutine automatically generates a see<\/em> reference (4XX) in your authority record, using the old Library of Congress heading. This see<\/em> reference is marked as a local tag with a subfield ‘5’ and Backstage\u2019s institution code: $5UtOrBLW<\/span>. The see<\/em> reference is also prefaced with a subfield ‘w’ and the appropriate coding to hide the reference from the library’s public access module: $wnnea<\/span>.<\/p>\n

An example of a see<\/em> reference (4XX) correcting for the addition of a death date would look like this:
\n(Note that the $w and $5 are highlighted in yellow<\/span>.)<\/p>\n

001 __ n 50000918
\n003 __ DLC
\n005 __ 20090218072944.0
\n008 __ 800208n| acannaabn |a aaa
\n010 __ $an 50000918
\n035 __ $a(OCoLC)oca00036619
\n040 __ $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dOCoLC
\n100 1_ $aParker, Fan,$d1908-2004
\n400 1_ $aPockrose, Fania M.,$d1908-2004
\n400 1_ $wnnea<\/span>$aParker, Fan,$d1908-$5UtOrBLW<\/span>
\n670 __ $aOCLC, Feb. 17, 2009$b(hdgs.: Parker, Fan, 1908- ; Parker, Fan, 1908- ; usage: Fan Parker)<\/p>\n

As with most functions of MARS 2.0, options for the Heading Tracker can be selected in your profile. For instance, if you want to display in the Public Access module, we can do that. If you want the enhancement, but you would rather not include undifferentiated or generic headings, we can specify that, too. The standard options available for this feature are listed below.<\/p>\n