Authority Control

Authority Control Tools

• Authority Tutorial

  • The MARC Authority training tutorial provides a means to study and practice the creation of authority records incorporating MARC coding. These standards are utilized by automated library systems that support authority control.

• Become an Authority on Authorities

  • https://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/adintro.html

    • Introduction to the MARC21 Format for Authority Data covering the scope of the authority format, record structure, kinds of authority records, types of headings, etc.

• Functional Requirements for Authority Data

  • https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/cataloguing/frad/frad_2013.pdf?__cf_chl_tk=58JOy7yK5Cxv2.oSBYs6IeeiRpkJdY2Q2lISN1Ywm88-1777359544-1.0.1.1-EOsK_5bIF_xI3gnXTystSUt_s5WKvS0YVDwM4JLRtE8

    • This is the IFLA Working Group on FRANAR (Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records). The IFLA Division of Bibliographic Control and the IFLA Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Programme (UBCIM) established the Group in April 1999. The documentation outlines the definitions and purposes of the model.

• NACO (Program for Cooperative Cataloguing)

  • NACO - Name Authority Cooperative Program of the PCC - Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Library of Congress) (loc.gov)