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Topic Areas: The unit explores the need for consistency
in access points with
cross-references from variant
forms of name. Includes authority control,
authority records,
cross-references
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how authority control affects collocation within information retrieval systems.
- Interpret authority records and define how cross-references are used to connect variant forms of names within a record.
- Use the Library of Congress Name Authority File to search for and find authorized names for bibliographic entities.
Guiding Questions:
- What is authority control?
- How does authority control
affect collocation?
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Required Readings
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Joudrey, The
Organization of Information,
Chapter 10 (skim p. 408-422)
Billey,
"Just Because We Can"
Thompson,
"More Than a Name"
PCC Statement on Gender on Name Authority Records [skim]
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Relevant Articles from The
Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Science
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Gatenby and
Smith-Yoshimura, "Name Authority
Control"
Haak, "ORCID"
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Recommended Readings
Articles and Web Resources
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EAC-CPF,
Encoded Archival Context
Jeng,
"What Authority? Why Control?"
Johnson, "Where is Authority Control When We Need It?"
PCC Authority Control FAQ [in Moodle]
Wisser,
"Describing Entities and
Identities: The Development and
Structure of EAC-CPF"
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Recommended Readings
Books at Beatley
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Joudrey,
Introduction to Cataloging &
Class, 11th ed., Chapter 10
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Course Outline
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- Unit 1:
Introduction to Information
Organization
- Unit 2:
Retrieval Tools and Systems
- Unit 3:
Encoding
- Unit 4:
Introduction to Metadata
- Unit 5:
Conceptual Models, Description, and Access
- Unit 6:
Authority Control
- Unit 7:
Aboutness & Subject Analysis
- Unit 8:
Vocabulary Control
- Unit 9:
Classification & Arrangement
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