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Johnston, Sarah Hager – Library Journal, 1990
Reports on a survey which assessed automated authority control capabilities of 18 vendors' automated library systems, software, or services. Graphs rank vendors according to overall score, authority record source, format/storage of authority records, database dynamics, matching/linking authority and bibliographic records, syndetic structure,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Library Automation
Tennant, Roy – Library Journal, 2004
Libraries must increasingly accommodate bibliographic records encoded with a variety of standards and emerging standards, including Dublin Core, MODS, and VRA Core. The problem is that many libraries still rely solely on MARC and AACR2. The best-trained professionals to lead librarians through the metadata maze are catalogers. Catalogers…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Metadata, Librarians, Library Services
