Authority Records
Minitex News articles tagged with "Authority Records" (4):
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Last chance to register for NACO Training: Secure your spot by November 1
The deadline to register for official NACO Training with Mark K. Ehlert is November 1. This training is a refresher for catalogers in the Minnesota NACO Funnel, and open to catalogers proficient with copy cataloging in a bibliographic utility.
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Join the Minnesota NACO Funnel with NACO Training
Minitex is excited to offer official NACO Training with Mark K. Ehlert this spring. This training is a refresher for catalogers in the Minnesota NACO Funnel, and open to any cataloger proficient with copy cataloging in a bibliographic utility.
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NACO training workshop coming February 2023
Participants in the Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO) contribute MARC authority records for titles, agents such as persons and corporate bodies, and places to the LC/NACO Authority File. Members also assist the Library of Congress with the File’s maintenance by reporting duplicate records and performing other tasks. Within NACO, groups of libraries can pool their resources to achieve these same goals without the overhead of yearly quotas. These groups are called funnels; in fact, about a dozen libraries collaborate in one such funnel here in Minnesota. The Library of Congress is looking to host an online NACO training workshop for invited guests in February 2023. Specific dates are not yet set. Minnesota NACO Funnel members are welcome to participate, as are libraries interested in joining the Funnel.
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Upcoming ALCTS webinar: Cataloging, Gender, and RDA Rule 9.7
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of ALA, is offering a webinar exploring the issues surrounding RDA Rule 9.7. This is the rule that concerns recording a person's gender in the name authority record. Previously the instructions provided exactly three controlled-vocabulary options: male, female, or not known. This webinar will provide a basic introduction to queer theory and gender non-binary identities, explain the process a group of catalogers took to get the rule changed, and describe current best practices for recording gender in RDA name authority records.