Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron> defines an oxymoron
as "a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms." In the title
for this post, this is a turn of phrase that has represented at least
one of the holy grails of research within our dept. We asked the
question many times:
How can we automate what is essentially a manual review of our client's
headings?
We have 2 kinds of standard reports that are of concern here:
* R07 - unmatched primary headings
* R10 - heading matches multiple authority records
With R07 and R10, we have left the burden of researching these headings
up to our clients. For some of you out there, that represents a
tremendous number of headings to manually check on your own each time we
deliver them to you.
Would it be helpful if your unmatched headings report also listed
potentially valid headings? Maybe there was a typo in your original
heading which caused it to not find a match. Or maybe your name heading
is generic and lacking qualifiers. Or perhaps your heading matched two
different authorities-but which two authority headings exactly?
Our team is currently working very hard on a potential near-match report
which we hope to unveil within the next few weeks. We are anticipating
replacing the current R07 and R10 reports with this new near-match
report as part of our standard offering.
Here are a few examples of the report (from our latest build):
bib rec id no
700 1_
$a Miller, Stephen H.
nb2001044979
100 10
$a Miller, Stephen H., $d 1956-
n 83184733
100 1_
$a Miller, Stephen H. $q (Stephen Henry), $d 1943-
bib rec id no
700 1_
$a Cheung, Julian.
no2011144486
400 1_
$a Cheung, Julian Chi Lam, $d 1971-
nb 99009824
100 10
$a Cheung, Juanita
bib rec id no
100 1_
$a Kirk, Erika.
no2003097342
100 1_
$a Kirk, Erica.
no2001034074
100 1_
$a Kirk, Erin.
This revision of our fundamental reports doesn't quite fulfill that
automated manual review goal we still have. But we hope it puts our feet
on the right path and helps to make your workload easier at the same
time. We will have more information about this new report in the near
future.
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Nate Cothran - nate(a)bslw.com
<mailto:nate@bslw.com?subject=Automation%20Services%20-%20Query>
Product Manager, Automation
Backstage Library Works
533 E 1860 S, Provo UT 84606
(p) 801.342.5697 - (f) 801.356.8220
www.ac.bslw.com/community/blog <http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/>
Working closely with University of Chicago, we have put together another
option for controlling your AACR2 and RDA headings. We now have a total
of 7 distinct options for libraries to choose from:
http://ac.bslw.com/community/wiki/index.php5/RDA_7.1
To help facilitate understanding for the searching and matching
processes being performed during each option, we have also laid it out
visually in a flowchart. Sometimes it just helps to see the process
plainly to determine whether what we have described matches your
expectations.
Each option now includes a brief summary of the process involved for
either type of heading (AACR2 or RDA), as well as the search order for
the respective headings.
The latest, most recent option is explained here:
http://ac.bslw.com/community/wiki/index.php5/RDA_7.1#RDA_OPTION_5.0
This option follows the PCC/LC standards. Again, with many thanks to
University of Chicago for their valuable input.
Each option listed in the wiki is ready to go at your convenience.
Please just contact your project managers, Judy Archer
<mailto:jarcher@bslw.com?subject=RDA%20Authority%20Control%20Options>
or Stephanie Hansen
<mailto:shansen@bslw.com?subject=RDA%20Authority%20Control%20Options> ,
for more details. We also welcome any feedback you may have about these
options.
Nate Cothran - nate(a)bslw.com
<mailto:nate@bslw.com?subject=Automation%20Services%20-%20Query>
Product Manager, Automation
Backstage Library Works
533 E 1860 S, Provo UT 84606
(p) 801.342.5697 - (f) 801.356.8220
www.ac.bslw.com/community/blog <http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/>
