Maryland Library Association 2003

Authorities Out of Control: Why Authority Control is Needed

Online Resources and Bibliography (HTML)

Loyola/Notre Dame Library

Online Resources

To Search the LC Authority File: http://authorities.loc.gov/

MARC 21 Standards: http://www.loc.gov/marc/

MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data: http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html

NACO (Name authority component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, LC) home page: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco.html

NACO Participant's Manual, 2nd ed. In pdf: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/npm2ed.pdf

Authority Control: A Basic Glossary of Terms: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/ac/def.html

Web World of Authority Control: http://www.lib.byu.edu/dept/catalog/authority/

To Purchase materials from LC Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS): http://www.loc.gov/cds/

Marc 21 Format for Authority Data, including guidelines for content designation (1999): http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/marcdoc.html#uffad
ISBN 0-8444-0997-9 $50 (1999 edition with updates)
Also available on the CD-ROM product Cataloger's Desktop

Cataloging Service Bulletin (CSB): http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/catman.html#csb
A quarterly bulletin packed with current, new, and revised information about LC cataloging and classification practices and policies. Lists revised AACR2 rules and subject heading changes and updates.
ISSN 0160-8029 $30 2003 Subscription

Free-floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index, 15th edition (2003): http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/lcsh.html#free
ISSN 1052-1445 $35 2003 Subscription: (annual)

Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings, (2000 Cumulation): http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/lcsh.html#scmsh
$120 Fifth edition (1996) with all updates through 2000 interfiled + $40/yr for 2001, 2002, & 2003 updates

NACO Participants' Manual, 2nd ed. (1996): http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/name_aut.html#npm
ISBN 0-8444-0933-2 $20 (1996 edition with updates)

LC Cataloging Policy & Support Office (CPSO): http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/
E-Mail: cpso@loc.gov -- email questions about cataloging and authorities policy and practice to CPSO. Also email CPSO with information about DLC records (bib or authority) which need cleanup. Always check LC's database before requesting corrections.

Library of Congress Classification Weekly Lists are available via the CPSO home page
Weekly lists of additions and changes to the Library of Congress Classification are posted on the Cataloging Policy and Support Office web site as they are approved. This information was formerly made available in a quarterly publication entitled LC Classification: Additions and Changes. That publication ceased with List 284 (October- December 2001).

Bibliographic Resources

Authority Control: Definition and International Experiences. International Conference, Florence, Italy, Feb. 10-12, 2003: http://www.unifi.it/universita/biblioteche/ac/en/intro_eng.htm

Block, Rick J. "Authority Control: What It Is and Why It Matters" Powerpoint for presentation given at College of the Holy Cross, Nov. 1, 1999. http://www.nelinet.net/conf/cts/cts99/block.ppt

CannCasciato, Daniel. "Retrospective Application of Subject Headings, Part I." Library Philosophy and Practice, 2(1) (1999) http://www.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lp&p.htm

CannCasciato, Daniel. "Retrospective Application of Subject Headings, Part II, A Case Study" Library Philosophy and Practice, 2(2) (2000) http://www.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lp&p.htm

Chan, Lois Mai, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. "Errors and Obsolete Elements in Assigned Library of Congress Subject Headings: Implications for Subject Cataloging and Subject Authority Control." Library Resources & Technical Services, 41(4) (1997):295-322.

Clack, Doris. Authority Control: Principles, Practices, and Instructions. Chicago: ALA, 1990.

Maxwell, Robert L. Maxwell's Guide to Authority Work. Chicago: ALA, 2002.

Piepenburg, Scott. MARC Authority Records Made Easy: A Simplified Guide to Creating Authority Records for Library Automation Systems. San Jose, Calif.: F & W Associates, 2000.

Talmacs, Kerrie. "Authority Control." In Technical Services Today and Tomorrow, Michael Gorman et. al. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

Taylor, A.G. (1999). "Authority Control: Where It's Been and Where It's Going" Text of presentation given at College of the Holy Cross, Nov. 1, 1999. http://www.nelinet.net/conf/cts/cts99/taylor.htm

Taylor, A.G. (1999). "Authority Control: Where It's Been and Where It's Going" Overheads for presentation given at College of the Holy Cross, Nov. 1, 1999. http://www.nelinet.net/conf/cts/cts99/taylor.ppt