Maxwell's guide to authority work / Robert L. Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, Robert L., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority files (Information retrieval).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Guide to authority work

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Authority work is the linchpin of the library catalog. As the author puts it, ''Without authority control, the burden is placed on the user to think of all the possible forms a cataloger might have used to give access in the catalog to a given author or subject.'' If a subject is not sorted by its authorized heading, then the library and its users and staff are left without a system and ultimately the cost of an unsatisfied user. From one of the preeminent experts in the field, this is the step-by-step guide for ensuring that your library and staff are creating and maintaining authority record

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Acronyms; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Standards Governing Authority Control; Chapter 3: Basic Authority Control Procedures; Chapter 4: Authority Control of Names; Chapter 5: Uniform Titles: General Information; Chapter 6: Uniform Titles: Particular Problems; Chapter 7: Series: General Information; Chapter 8: Series Authority Records; Chapter 9: Authority Control of Terms: Thesaurus Building; Chapter 10: Authority Control of Terms: Subjects; Chapter 11: Authority Control of Terms: Genre/Form; Chapter 12: The Library and Beyond; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8389-9908-5

OCLC:

476043702