Future of authority control

One of the areas this blog will cover is trends in authority control.  I think there will be more cooperation in the establishment of authority records.  This is covered in section 1.3 of the LC working group’s report, On the Record.  I see cooperation happening in a number of areas, from more participation through activities like [...]

VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File

I am reading Deanna Marcum’s response to On the Record: Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control.  There are several places where she mentions VIAF, which is 
a joint project of the Library of Congress (LC), the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), and OCLC. The project’s goal [...]

Australian workshop on RDA to include impact of FRAD

If your travel budget is better than mine, you might want to attend the Australian Committee on Cataloguing’s forthcoming ACOC seminar “RDA : next generation cataloguing standard”. 
This seminar aims to answer your questions about RDA and its implementation in Australia. The history and development of RDA will be discussed, especially the impact of the conceptual [...]

ALA: You Know FRBR, But Have You Ever Met FRAD

The meeting that I most regret missing at ALA is You Know FRBR, But Have You Ever Met FRAD.  I found an excellent write-up on the LITA Blog.  Being new to blogging, I’m having trouble quoting a large portion or the report, so I will just highlight the second speaker, Ed Jones, National University Library [...]

ALA: Getting Ready for RDA and FRBR: What You Need to Know

One of the meetings I would have liked to attend at ALA was Getting Ready for RDA and FRBR: What You Need to Know.  This was reported on in Metadata Blog.  There were three speakers, but the most relevant part is:
Glenn Patton, Director of WorldCat Quality Management, OCLC
Glenn Patton introduced Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD). [...]

Welcome

I am Lois Reibach, a professional cataloger.  I started this blog in order to give focus to my professional reading.  I have been interested in authority control throughout my career, and I am excited to see the new uses of authority data.  The blog title comes from the Wikipedia article on authority control.  The sidebar will [...]