Research Catalog
Maxwell's guide to authority work
- Title
- Maxwell's guide to authority work / Robert L. Maxwell.
- Author
- Maxwell, Robert L., 1957-
- Publication
- Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | Z693.3.A88 M39 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 275 pages; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Authority work is the linchpin of the library catalog. As Maxwell 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." From one of the preeminent experts in the field, this step-by-step guide for ensuring that your library and staff are creating and maintaining authority records with the end user in mind is a must-have." "In this text, authority work is broken down to its most basic components so that you can trace and follow the preparation of a complete authority record. Helpful illustrations identify the key characteristics of good authority records, common acronyms are defined, and cross-references throughout reinforce material." "The authoritative tool for making certain a person, author, corporate body, organization, book, or other media is appropriately accessible under its authority name, subject, and form, Maxwell's should be part of any library's toolbox."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- ALA editions
- Uniform Title
- ALA editions.
- Alternative Title
- Guide to authority work
- Subject
- Authority files (Information retrieval)
- Information resources management
- Subject headings
- Information Management
- Vocabulary, Controlled
- Subject Headings
- Fichiers d'autorité
- Gestion de l'information
- Vocabulaires contrôlés
- Vedettes-matière
- authority files
- subject headings
- controlled vocabularies
- thesauri
- Standaardisatie
- Catalogisering
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Standards governing authority control -- Basic authority control procedures -- Authority control of names -- Uniform titles: general information -- Uniform titles: particular problems -- Series: general information -- Series authority records -- Authority control of terms: thesaurus building -- Authority control of terms: subjects -- Authority control of terms: genre/form -- The library and beyond.
- ISBN
- 0838908225
- 9780838908228
- LCCN
- 2002001326
- 9780838908228
- OCLC
- ocm48944420
- 48944420
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries