can anyone tell me whether Koha has an authority file for name and subject? Well, yes and no. No to a name authority file, and yes, of sorts, to a subject authority file. The subject authority file works by checking subjects as you add them - if it's new, it ask if you want to add that subject. If you're not sure, you can backtrack and enter a truncated subject, and Koha will run you a list of subjects that start with your
Hello Ailish truncation. There is not yet a facility for see references and see also references. At HLT we get round the name authority question by not adding any new bibliographic data unless we've already donw a bibliographic search - which will hopefully have brought up any previous entries for that author. It's unconventional, but it works for us. On 2 Apr 2003, at 13:26, Ailish Farragher wrote: Rosalie Blake Horowhenua Library Trust