Authority Control: What It Is and
Why It Matters
Rick J. Block
Columbia University
NEW YORK: AN AUTHORITY
CONTROL PROBLEM
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City
County
Colony
State
State of Mind
WHAT CAN BE FOUND IN
BOBCAT
• Assignment for
Introduction to
Bibliographic Control
• Illustrates importance
of authority control
and quality cataloging
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AUTHOR :
1937-
Smith, Michael P. (Michael Proctor),
TITLE :
A joyful noise : a celebration of New
Orleans music / by Michael P. Smith ; introduction and
interviews by Alan Govenar.
PUBLISHER :Dallas, Tex. : Taylor Pub. Co., c1990.
DESCRIPTION : xiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
SUBJECT(S) :
Jazz -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -Pictorial works
Jazz musicians -- Louisiana -- New
Orleans -- Interviews
LOCATION(S) & COPIES HELD:
LOCATION COLLECTION / CALL NUMBER
STATUS / DUE DATE
---------- -----------------------------------------------1. Bobst
On Order
2. Bobst ML3508.8.N48 S6 1990
Billed as Lost
Browsing Authors: A=smith michael p
Author
Number of Titles
1. Smith, Michael L., 1943-
(Author)
1
2. Smith, Michael Lane (Author)
1
3. Smith, Michael Llewellyn, 1939(Author)
1
4. Smith, Michael (Michael A.)
(Author)
1
5. Smith, Michael, P.
1
(Author)
6. Smith, Michael P. (Author)
11
7. Smith, Michael P. (Michael Proctor),
1937(Author)
2
8. Smith, Michael Peter
1
9. Smith, Michael R.
(Author)
(Author)
10. Smith, Michael R., 1946-
1
(Author)
1
Browsing Authors: A=blixen karen
Author
Titles
Number of
1. Bliven, Charles D. (Author)
1
2. Bliven, Floyd Edward (Author)
1
3. Blix, Hans (Author)
2
4. Blixen, Carina (Author)
1
5. Blixen-Finecke, Bror, baron von,
1886-1946. Nyama (vilt). (Author)
1
6. [Blixen, Karen] 1885- (Author)
1
7. Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962 (Author)
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8. Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962.
Essays. English (Author)
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9. Blixen, Olaf (Author)
10. Blixen, Samuel (Author)
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AUTHOR :Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962.
TITLE :Shadows on the grass [by] Isak Dinesen
[pseud.]
PUBLISHER :New York, Random House [1961,
c1960]
DESCRIPTION :149 p. illus. 21 cm.
SUBJECT(S) :
Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962
Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962
Country life -- Kenya
Kenya -- Description and travel
LOCATION(S) & COPIES HELD:
LOCATION COLLECTION / CALL NUMBER
STATUS / DUE DATE
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DT434.E2 B63
Available
2. Bobst
DT434.E2 B63
Available
Browsing Authors: A=dineson isak
Author
Number of Titles
1. Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962
Vinter-eventyr. English (Author)
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2. Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
Vinter-eventyr. English (Author)
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3. Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
Vinter-eventyr. English (Author)
4. Dinesen, Ruth (Author)
5. Dinesen, Ruth. Nelly Sachs.
German (Author)
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6. Dinesman, T. G. (Tatiana
Georgievna) (Author)
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7. Dinet, Alphonse Etienne,
1861-1929 (Author)
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8. Dinet, Pierre, 1555-1595 (Author)
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Browsing Subjects: S=buffalo bill
Subject Heading
Number of Titles
1. Buffalo, American
2.
[See] American bison
(LCSH)
16
3. Buffalo and Pittsburg Railroad
Company
(LCSH)
1
4. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
1
(LCSH)
5. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (LCSH)
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6. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
-- Correspondence
(LCSH)
1
7. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
-- Exhibitions
(LCSH )
1
8. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
-- Juvenile poetry
(LCSH)
1
9. Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
-- Pictorial works
1
Subject Heading
1. Cody, Frank, 1870-
Number of Titles
(LCSH)
2. Cody, John Patrick (LCSH)
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1
3. Cody Region (Wyo.) –
Biography
(LCSH)
1
1. Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
(LCSH)
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2. Coe family (LCSH)
1
6. Coe, Frank
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(LCSH)
7. Coe, Fred, 1914-1979 (LCSH)
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8. Coe, Hamlin Alexander, 1840-1899
(LCSH)
9. Coe, Harvey, 1785-1860 (LCSH)
10. Coe, John Moreno (LCSH)
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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A
PROBLEM
• Three headings for
same person
• Pseudonym and real
name not linked
• Unauthorized heading
used
AUTHORITY CONTROL IS:
• the process of maintaining consistency in
the verbal form used to represent an access
point in a catalog
• the further process of providing
interconnections among names, works, and
subjects which display any significant
relationship
AUTHORITY CONTROL IS
• the process of ensuring that every entry –
name, uniform title, series, or subject – that
is selected as an access point for the catalog
is unique and does not conflict, by being
identical, with any other entry that is
already in the catalog or may be included at
a later date.
Goals of Authority Control
• Facilitate the identifying
and collocating functions
of the catalog
• Users can assume that a
consistent term or
phrase will refer to a
particular name, title or
subject, and that
variations will be
brought together under
the one form
CHARLES AMNI CUTTER (1876)
PURPOSES OF A CATALOG
1. TO ENABLE A PERSON TO FIND A
DOCUMENT OF WHICH
THE AUTHOR, OR
THE TITLE, OR
THE SUBJECT IS KNOWN
2. TO SHOW WHAT THE LIBRARY
HAS
BY A GIVEN AUTHOR
ON A GIVEN SUBJECT
IN A GIVEN KIND OF
LITERATURE
3. TO ASSIST IN THE CHOICE OF A
DOCUMENT
AS TO ITS EDITION
AS TO ITS CHARACTER
A=blixen, karen
• Blixen, Karen, 18851962
• Search also under
• Dineson, Isak, 18851962
S=cody william f
• Cody, William
Frederick, 1846-1917
• Search under
• Buffalo Bill, 18461917
What Needs to Be Controlled?
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Subject terms
Personal names
Corporate names
Geographic places
Titles
Problems with Personal Names
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Pseudonym or pen name
Initialized first name
Omitted first name
Non-roman alphabets
Married name vs. maiden name
Compound surname
Names with nobility
Changed names
Authority Control
Not so difficult: 66% of all
authors write only one book in
one edition. But the remaining
34% can be very difficult-changing names, variations,
translations, different alphabets,
etc.
Patterns of Chinese Names
• Lin Yu-tang
• Ching-chun Hsieh
• Nelson Chou
• Jack Kai-tung Huang
• Nancy Ou-lan Hu Chou
• Surname first
• Surname last
• Chinese first name
dropped
• English first name adopted
without dropping Chinese
first name
• Woman’s married name
with English first name
Married name vs. Maiden Name
• Good example:
• Elizabeth Taylor
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Ser num: n Name: a Subdiv tp: n Rules: c
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2 040 DLC $ DLC $ DLC
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4 100 1 Taylor, Elizabeth, $d 19325 400 1 Hilton, Elizabeth, $d 19326 400 1 Wilding, Elizabeth, $d 19327 400 1 Todd, Elizabeth, $d 19328 400 1 Fisher, Elizabeth, $d 19329 400 1 Burton, Elizabeth, $d 193210 400 1 Jenkins, Elizabeth, $ d193211 400 1 Taylor, Elizabeth Rosemond, $d 1932- $ nna
12 400 1 Taylor, Liz, $d 193213 400 1 Warner, Elizabeth, $d 193214 670 Her Nibbles and me ... 1946
15 670 Kelley, K. Elizabeth Taylor, the last star,
c1981: $b t.p. (Elizabeth Taylor) CIP galley (married
John Warner 12/4/76; Liz)
PETER BROWN IN CLIO
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29 headings
9 cross-references
18 different people
73 titles
3 incorrect (two on
order records)
The Many Faces of Peter Brown
• Brown, Peter, 1925• Brown, Peter, 1948• Brown, Peter Hume,
1849-1918
• Brown, Robert
Lamont Brown, 1935-
• Book of Kells,
Chaucer
• Medieval manuscripts,
Chaucer
• Medieval church, early
Scotland
• St. Augustine, Roman
Church, women in
early Christianity
Authority Control Purposes
• Uniformity
• Verification
• Linkage
Authority Work
• Includes the research work and intellectual effort
involved in creating and updating authority records
• Determines if a relationship exists between names or
subject heading terms
• Establishes and links the names that could refer to the
same person
• Establishes relationships between subject heading
terms
• Includes recording the authority data of preferred
form, variants, history, scope, and links to other
authority records
Steps of Authority Work
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Researching for variants
Choosing one among many
Analyzing parts of the term
Adding, omitting or modifying the term
Handling special language cases
Linking the used and the unused
Document the process
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Source:
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Series: n Auth/ref: a Geo subd: n Ser use: b
Ser num: n
Name:
a
Subdiv tp: n
Rules: c
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2 040 DLC $c DLC $d DLC $d DGPO $d DLC $d OU
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4 100 1 Clinton, Bill, $d 19465 400 1 Clinton, William J. $q (William Jefferson), $d 19466 400 1 Blythe, William Jefferson, $d 19467 400 1 Klintåun, Båil, $d 19468 400 1 òKlinòton, Bil, $d 19469 510 1 Arkansas. $b Governor (1979-1981 : Clinton)
10 510 1 Arkansas. $b Governor (1983-1992 : Clinton)
11 510 1 United States. $b President (1993- : Clinton)
Type: z Upd status: a Enc lvl: n Source:
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Mod rec:
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Name:
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1 010 n 94092144
2 040 DLC $c DLC
3 005 19940923163739.0
4 100 1 Cellucci, Argeo Paul, $d 19485 510 1 Massachusetts. $b Lieutenant Governor (1991- :
Cellucci)
6 670 The Weld-Cellucci emergency plan for fiscal recovery ...
1991: $b cover t.p. (Cellucci; Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
7 670 WW in Am. pol., 1991-1992 $b (Cellucci, Argeo Paul; b.
04-24-1948; J.D., 1973, Boston College; lieut. gov. Massachusetts,
1991- )
SYNDETIC STRUCTURE
• Means “Connective” and is derived from
classical Greek
• Conceived by Charles Cutter who defined
syndetic catalog as “that kind of dictionary
catalog which binds its entries together by
means of cross-references so as to form a
whole.”
• Great cocktail party term
How would you search following
in catalog?
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Heinrich von Kleist
Ephraim Ben Baruch
Jose Martinez Ortiz
Elizabeth Sutherland
Martinez
• National Archives and
Records
Administration
Authority Record
• Result of authority work
• A record which shows a heading in the form
established for use in the catalog
• Lists cross-references to be made to and
from the heading
• Cites the sources consulted in establishing
the heading
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Govt agn: Auth status: a Subj: a
Subj use: a series: n Auth/ref: a
Geo subd: n Ser use: b Ser num: n
Name:
a Subdiv tp: n Rules: c
1 010 no 95003722
2 040 OCl $c OCl
3 005 19950121060430.8
4 100 1 Blixen, Karen, $d 1885-1962
5 500 1 Dinesen, Isak, $d 1885-1962 $w nnnc
6 663 Works by this author are entered under
the name used in the item. For a listing of other
names used by this author, search also under: $b
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
7 670 Karyatiderne, 1993: $b t.p. (Karen
Blixen)
ARN: 406767
Rec stat: c
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Upd status: a
Enc lvl: n
Source:
Roman:
Ref status: a
Mod rec:
Name use: a Govt agn: ü Auth status: a
Subj: a Subj use: a Series: n
Auth/ref:
Geo subd: n
Ser use: b Ser num: n
Name:
a
Subdiv tp: n
Rules: c
1 010 n 80024458
2 040 DLC $ DLC $ DLC
3 005 19900623152336.9
4 100 0 Buffalo Bill, $d 1846-1917
5 400 1 Cody, William Frederick, $d 1846-1917
$w nna
6 400 1 Cody, William F. $q (William
Frederick), $d 1846-1917
7 400 0 Bill, $c Buffalo, $d 1846-1917
8 400 1 Cody, W. F. $q (William Frederick), $d
1846-1917
9 400 1 Cody, Buffalo Bill, $d 1846-1917
10 670 His Autobiography ...
11 670 His The life of Hon. William F. Cody,
known as Buffalo Bill, the famous hunter, scout,
and guide, 1982: $b CIP t.p. (William F. Cody)
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Authority File
• Set of authority records
• Lists the names, series and subject headings
that have been established and used in a
catalog and provides links to related subject
headings, titles and names
Authority Files
• Needed for efficient cataloging and
searching in library networks
• Reduce effort involved in entering headings
• Avoid duplication of work
• Improve the quality of catalogs
Four Functions of Authority Files
• Authority function: support consistency of
headings
• Finding function: provide links from
variants and other authorized headings
• Information function: show usage and scope
of headings
• Maintenance function: support manual and
automatic error detection and correction
Advantages of Authority Control
• Collecting, recording and maintaining
authoritative forms of headings
• Linking variant forms of headings together
• Providing consistency and verification upon
creating bibliographic records
• Automatic verification
• Global change and correction
• Shared authority files
• Linkage between authority files and bibliographic
records
Problems with Corporate Names
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Name change
Names in different languages
Variant names
Brief form of names
Subordinate and related bodies
ARN: 1337258
Rec stat: c Entered: 19850529
Type: z
Upd status: a Enc lvl: n
Source:
Roman:
Ref status: a
Mod rec:
Name use: a
Govt agn:
Auth status: a Subj: a Subj use: a
Series: n Auth/ref: a
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Ser use: b
Ser num: n
Name:
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Subdiv tp: n
Rules: c
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2 040 MH $c DLC $d DLC b
3 005 19860602134130.8 b
4 110 2 NELINET (Library information network)
5 410 2 New England Library Information Network
6 670 The NELINET liaison, May 1, 1979: $b t.p. (NELINET;
Wellesley, MA)
7 670 nuc85-59041: An Online catalog project, 1982 $b (hdg.
on RPB rept.: New England Library Information Network; usage:
Nelinet; Nelinet, Inc.
Problems with Subject Terms
• Specific vs. general
• Synonyms
• Word form
• Singular or plural
• Homographs
• Direct vs. Inverted
• Popular vs Technical
• Cats or Siamese cats
• Attire, Dress, Clothing
• Armament,
Disarmament
• Apple or Apples
• Bridge, Plant, Mercury
• Surgery, Plastic or
Plastic surgery
• Stamp collecting or
Philately
Subject Terms: What Is This
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Car
Auto
Automobile
Motor car
S=cars
• Cars (Automobiles)
• Search under:
• Automobiles
• Cars (Musical group)
Rec stat: c Entered: 19860211
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Roman:
Ref status: a
Mod rec:
Name use: b
Govt agn:
Auth status: a
Subj: a Subj use: a
Series: n Auth/ref: a
Geo subd: i Ser use: b
Ser num: n
Name:
n Subdiv tp: n Rules: n
1 010 sh 85010201
2 040 DLC $c DLC $d DLC
3 005 19961219164352.3
4 053 TL1 $b TL296.5
5 150 Automobiles
6 360 $i headings beginning with the word $a Automobile
7 450 Autos (Automobiles)
8 450 Cars (Automobiles)
9 450 Gasoline automobiles
10 450 Motorcars (Automobiles)
11 550 Motor vehicles $w g
12 550 Transportation, Automotive $w g
Titles
• Series
• Individual works
• Collective works (e.g.
Bible)
• Title chosen as access
point when work has
appeared under
varying titles
t=paradise lost
• Elledge, Scott Paradise lost and Paradise
regained; with a biographical profile of
John Milton
• Hanford, James H. An authoritative text and
criticism of Paradise lost
• John Milton’s Paradise lost / edited by
James H. Hanford
t=paradise lost
• Milton John, 1608-1674
[Paradise lost]
An authoritative text and criticism of Paradise lost
• Milton, John, 1608-1674
[Paradise lost]
John Milton’s Paradise lost
• Milton, John, 1608-1674
[Paradise lost]
Paradise lost and paradise regained; with a
biographical profile of John Milton
ARN: 1425321
Rec stat: c Entered: 19851018
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Enc lvl: n
Source:
Roman:
Ref status: a
Mod rec:
Name use: a
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Auth status: a
Subj: a Subj use: a
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Ser use: b
Ser num: n
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Rules: c
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4 100 1 Milton, John, $d 1608-1674. $t Paradise lost
5 400 1 Milton, John, $d 1608-1674. $t Milton's Paradise lost
6 670 His Milton's Paradise lost, 188-?
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AUTHORITY CONTROL AND
PUBLIC SERVICES
• Increase quality of
catalog
• Catalog searching with
syndetic structure
• Answer some
reference questions
Authority Control and Networks
• Avoids duplicate
records
• Matches records from
various sources
• Shared authority file
Cooperative Authority Control
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PCC
BIBCO/CONSER
NACO
NACO funnel projects
SACO
SACO funnel Projects
A Rose is a Rose, But a Madonna
is not always a Madonna
• t=like a virgin
• UTCAT
OCLC: 27957291
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Audn: Ctrl:
Lang: eng BLvl: m Form:
Comp: rc AccM: MRec: Ctry: nyu Desc:
a FMus: n LTxt:
DtSt: s
Dates: 1984,
1 010 95-783364/R/r98
2 040 OBgU $c DLC
3 028 00 0-20239-0 $b Sire
4 050 00 Sire 9 20239-O
5 049 ZCUA
6 100 0 Mary, $c Blessed Virgin, Saint $4 prf
7 245 10 Like a virgin $h [sound recording] / $c
Madonna.
8 260 New York : $b Sire, $c p1984.
9 300 1 sound disc (11 min.) : $b analog, 45
rpm ; $c 12 in.
10 500 Title from container.
11 500 Rock songs.
12 505 0 Like a virgin (extended dance remix) -Stay.
13 650 0 Rock music $y 1981-1990.
ARN: 2093476
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Govt agn: Auth status: a Subj: a Subj use: a
Series: n Auth/ref: a Geo subd: Ser use: b
Ser num: n Name: a Subdiv tp: n Rules: n
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2 040 DLC $c DLC $d DLC
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4 053 BT595 $b BT680
5 100 0 Mary, $c Blessed Virgin, Saint
6 400 0 Blessed Lady
7 400 0 Blessed Mother
8 400 0 Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint
9 400 0 Madonna
10 400 0 Mother of God
OCLC: 27957291
Rec stat: c
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Audn: Ctrl:
Lang: eng BLvl: m Form:
Comp: rc AccM: MRec: Ctry: nyu Desc:
a FMus: n LTxt:
DtSt: s
Dates: 1984,
1 010 95-783364/R/r98
2 040 OBgU $c DLC
3 028 00 0-20239-0 $b Sire
4 050 00 Sire 9 20239-O
5 049 ZCUA
6 100 0 Madonna, $d 1958- $4 prf
7 245 10 Like a virgin $h [sound recording] / $c
Madonna.
8 260 New York : $b Sire, $c p1984.
9 300 1 sound disc (11 min.) : $b analog, 45
rpm ; $c 12 in.
10 500 Title from container.
11 500 Rock songs.
12 505 0 Like a virgin (extended dance remix) -Stay.
13 650 0 Rock music $y 1981-1990.
ARN: 1276385
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a
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2 040 DLC $c DLC $d DLC $d TxU $d DLC
3 005 19980312072448.0
4 100 0 Madonna, $d 19585 400 1 Ciccone, Madonna Louise Veronica, $d
19586 670 McKenzie, M. Madonna, lucky star,
c1985: $b CIP t.p. (Madonna) pub. info. (rock
singer, model, dancer, songwriter, actress) CIP
galley (b. 8/16/59, Rochester, Mich.; Madonna
Louise Ciccone)
7 670 Matthews, G. Madonna, c1985: $b p. 11
(b. 8-16-60 as Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)
ARN: 4707947
Rec stat: n Entered: 19980414
Type: z Upd status: a Enc lvl: n
Source: c Roman:
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2 040 NIC $c NIC
3 005 19980416051853.1
4 100 0 Madonna
5 400 1 Oen, Hong Sen
6 670 Dr. Lie-- , 1932: $b t.p. (Madonna)
introductory microfiche frame (pseud. of Oen
Hong Sen)
When a Prince is a Symbol
• a=artist formerly
known as prince
• Not part of ALA
character set
Rec stat: c Entered: 19840808
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Auth status: a
Subj: a Subj use: a Series: n Auth/ref: a
Geo subd: n Ser use: b Ser num: n
Name:
a Subdiv tp: n Rules: c
1 010 n 84079379
2 040 DLC $c DLC $d DLC $d MnHi $d DLC
3 005 19971210072251.2
4 100 0 Prince
5 400 1 Nelson, Prince Rogers
6 400 0 Artist Formerly Known as Prince
7 400 0 TAFKAP
8 670 Ivory, S. Prince, c1985: $b CIP t.p.
(Prince) pub. info. (musician and recording star;
Prince Rogers Nelson; son of jazz musician, John
Nelson, who performed under moniker Prince
Rogers)
Authority Control is Not Magic
• Authority control is
not achieved without
the requisite authority
work carried out by
catalogers
• Without authority
control, a file cannot
be considered a
catalog
Capital of the World
• New York (N.Y.)
• Manhattan (New
York, N.Y.)
• New York (State)
• New York County
(N.Y.)
• Berkshires South
• Boston’s Biggest
Suburb
Rec stat: c
Entered:
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Type:
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