HOW TO CONSTRUCT A THESAURUS/AUTHORITY FILE
29 April 2004, London
The need for consistent description within a bibliographic record has long been acknowledged and codified through structures like MARC and AACR2. What is often less clear is how, as cataloguers or systems librarians, we maintain the same quality of data when large numbers of bibliographic records are brought together.
The flexibility for subject or name authority control offered by many systems vendors now provides us with choices we may not be equipped to evaluate and often this makes it difficult to make selections appropriate to our users or clients.
BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING:
This practical workshop is designed for users of small to medium sized automated systems who have to generate their own name and subject authority structures to provide more effective document retrieval.
By the end of the event participants will have:
· practically examined the importance of authority control
· used the convention of thesaurus production
· been introduced to the Authority format of MARC21
· considered appropriate authority structures for their information environment
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING?
This introductory day is for those who would like to understand how to ensure their collection does not descend into chaos. Those who need to enhance the quality of the information they provide via the catalogue will gain the tools to start in this workshop.
WORKSHOP LEADER KEITH TRICKEY
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Business School
PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS FEEDBACK:
"The speaker conveyed a lot of information, encouraged intelligent analysis where appropriate, and the exercises were useful."
"Excellent speaker and clear handouts."
PLACES ARE LIMITED TO: 20
FEES:
CILIP Personal members: £150 plus VAT (£26.25) £176.25
CILIP Institutional members: £180 plus VAT (£31.50) £211.50
Non members: £210 plus VAT (£36.75) £246.75
CILIP Student/unwaged members: £25 plus VAT (£4.38) £29.38
PROGRAMME
9.00 Registration and coffee
9.30 Introduction to the day
9.45 Why bother with authority?
10.00 Control 1 - Controlling a classification scheme
10.30 Workshop 1: taming domestic Dewey
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Control 2 - Controlling subject terminology - exploring the benefits of the thesaurus
11.45 Workshop 2 - The thesaurus and self-control
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Reviewing the story so far
1.45 Control 3 - MARC21 Authority format
2.15 Workshop 3 - MARC21 name
3.00 Tea
3.15 Control 4 - What is the rest of the world doing?
3.45 Workshop 4 - how can I use this? Evaluation of current practice in the light of new information
4.15 Plenary session and review
4.30 Close
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