Authority Control Profile for CTWES

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Database Cleanup Services

A) Filing Indicators Set or Corrected

_X_

Set or correct filing indicators (recommended; in controlled title fields, this indicator is set based on the linked authority record / no charge)

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Do not set or correct filing indicators

B) Set 1st Indicator in 245 Field

_X_

Set 1st indicator in 245 field based on presence/absence of a 1XX field (recommended / no charge)

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Do not alter value of 1st indicator in 245 field

C) Global Edits

(blank)

Authority Control Services

A) LC name and subject authority control

_X_

limited review processing (recommended)

_   _

full review of every unlinked heading

B) LC Children's subject authority control

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limited review processing

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full review of every unlinked heading

_   _

convert to LCSH

_X_

delete

_   _

Do not do

C) NLM MeSH subject authority control

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limited review processing

_   _

full review of every unlinked heading

_X_

delete

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Do not do

D) Sears subject authority control

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limited review processing

_   _

full review of every unlinked heading

_   _

convert to LCSH

_X_

delete

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Do not do

E) Genre heading authority control (655 field, coded for LCSH, MeSH, GSAFD)

_X_

limited review processing

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delete all 655 fields

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Do not do

If genre headings are authorized (please check all that apply):

_X_

convert GSAFD to LCSH

_X_

re-tag LCSH form/genre terms from 650 to 655

Standard recommended options:

  1. placement of ending punctuation in all controlled heading fields in accord with LC practice (e.g., periods not placed at end of 240 and 4XX fields)
  2. deletion of relator subfields ($e) from personal and corporate name headings
  3. retention of relator subfield $4
  4. conversion of non-analytic 740 fields to 246 fields

It is possible to override one or more of these recommendations but the library should do so only with a compelling reason since the recommendations are correct for most local systems.   If you believe these options may be incorrect for your library, please contact LTI by phone or email. If it has been determined that some non-standard options are appropriate for your library, please record them in the field below.

Non-Standard Options

relator subfields ($e) are retained

Other Authority Control Options

1) Special series 490 0 processing (no additional cost)

_X_

Apply 490 0 series processing option (recommended)

_   _

Do not apply 490 0 series processing option

If applying 490 0 series processing, and a series is not authorized, then:

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Revert to original 490 0 tagging

_X_

Retain 490 1 and corresponding 8XX field (recommended)

2) Treatment of 440 / 830 title series

_X_

Do not restore 830 fields to 440 following authority control (recommended)

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Restore 830 fields to 440 following authority control

3) Name authority records used as subjects

_X_

include only in LC name-related authority file (CARL,DRA,Endeavor,Ex Libris,Horizon,SIRSI)

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include in both LC name-related and LC subject-related authority files (III,Polaris)

Other Settings

Here are some additional processing parameters that are not part of the Work Specification Profile and can be set only by LTI staff. For questions about or changes to these parameters, please contact MHunt@LibraryTech.com

MARC Record "Character Encoding Scheme"

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MARC-8

_X_

UTF-8 (Unicode)

Record Control Number Tag & Subfield

001

Authority Control Reports

_X_

nfichg .acf report (changes in non-filing indicators)

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880err .acf report (errors found in 880 fields)

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880chg .acf report (changes made in 880 fields)

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partially-validated heading report

AEX/AUP Contact Information

AEX Contact: Sally Grucan   (sgrucan@wesleyan.edu)

AUP Contact: Sally Grucan   (sgrucan@wesleyan.edu)