Commercial Services for Providing Authority Control: Outsourcing the Process [English version presented at the International Conference] = I servizi commerciali per l’authority control: dare in gestione il processo [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale]

Vellucci, Sherry L. Commercial Services for Providing Authority Control: Outsourcing the Process [English version presented at the International Conference] = I servizi commerciali per l’authority control: dare in gestione il processo [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale]., 2003 . In International Conference Authority Control: Definition and International Experiences, Florence, February 10-12 2003. (Unpublished) [Conference paper]

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English abstract

I have focused on the vendors and processes that are now available in the United States and Canada, but I do not claim to know the state of commercially provided authority control here in Europe and elsewhere in the world. I do know that there are serious issues that must be worked out before authority control vendors can cope with the types of international authority control that we have discussed during this conference. Before we can begin to approach commercial processing using a virtual international authority file, the FRANAR issue needs to be resolved. Many interoperability problems must be solved, including issues of MARC/UNIMARC authority format harmonization, and methods that will allow libraries to use a variety of national authority databases for the matching process, and provide the flexibility to select the authorized form that is appropriate for the local users.

Italian abstract

Ho concentrato il mio discorso sui fornitori e sui processi attualmente disponibili negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, ma non posso dire di conoscere la situazione dell’authority control dal punto di vista commerciale qui in Europa e in altre parti del mondo. So certamente che ci sono questioni molto importanti da risolvere prima che i fornitori possano gestire i tipi di authority control internazionale di cui si è discusso durante questo convegno. Prima di poter cominciare ad affrontare l’elaborazione commerciale usando un authority file virtuale internazionale, si deve risolvere la questione FRANAR. Devono essere risolti anche una serie di problemi di interoperabilità, comprese le problematiche relative all’armonizzazione del formato di autorità MARC/UNIMARC, le metodologie che consentiranno alle biblioteche di usare una varietà di authority database nazionali per la procedura di verifica e di fornire la flessibilità per selezionare la forma autorizzata più appropriata per l’utente locale.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	Authority control, outsourcing, commercial services, commercial vendors, cataloguing, cataloging, authority records, authority files, Library Technologies Inc., LTI, WLN MARC Record Service, MARS, MARCIVE, Real-Time Authority Control, RTAC Controllo d’autorità, servizi commerciali, fornitori commerciali, catalogazione in appalto
Subjects:	I. Information treatment for information services F. Management. G. Industry, profession and education.
Depositing user:	Maria Cristina Bassi
Date deposited:	25 Sep 2003
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 11:57
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/4194

References

American Library Association. Outsourcing Task Force. (2000). Impact of Outsourcing and Privatization on Library Services and Management. Robert S. Martin, Principal Investigator. Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Studies. Retrieved January 4, 2003 from http://www.ala.org/alaorg/ors/outsourcing/ Bénaud, Claire-Lise and Sever Bordeianu. (1998). Outsourcing Library Operations in Academic Libraries: An Overview of Issues and Outcomes. Englewood Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. Lam, Vinh-The. (2001). “Outsourcing Authority Control: Experience of the University of Saskatchewan Libraries.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34 (2): 53-69. Tsui, Susan L. and Carole F. Hinders. (1998).“Cost-Effectiveness and Benefits of Outsourcing Authority Control.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 26 (4): 43-61.

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