Discover how to bring your collections under authority and keep
bibliographic chaos at bay in:
Subject to authority: quality control of catalogues
25 April, 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 workshop is for those whose collection seems to be
descending into chaos and who do not understand what makes this happen.
Those who need to enhance the quality of the information they provide via
the catalogue, will gain the tools to start in this workshop.
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 Workshop 4 - What is the rest of the world doing?
3.45 Control 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
Comments from previous participants:
"An excellent mix of theory and practical exercises"
"The workshop leader offered valuable guidance into the do's and don'ts of
setting up an authority file"
Workshop Leader: Keith V. Trickey
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Business School
Places are limited to: 25
Fees
Personal members £125 plus VAT (£21.87) £146.87
Institutional members £151 plus VAT (£26.42) £177.42
Non members £175 plus VAT (£30.62) £205.62
Student/Unwaged members £25 plus VAT (£4.37) £29.37
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