We are using 653 - which in MARC is for uncontrolled terms. They're not from a recognized thesaurus, because our collection is so specialized, but they are controlled locally - in that I've imposed certain standards and have built our own thesaurus. I want to link our authority records for terms to this field. When I upload the data as authority records, will it link to the 653 field? I'm assuming it will go into the TOPIC_TERM authority list. (they're in 150 fields) When I looked at the MARC Bibliographic Framework for 653a it didn't seem to be able to link to TOPIC_TERM Is this because it's empty, or do I have to set something somewhere else? Thanks again for your patience, -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 ext 36 Mob +44 (0) 7789 373982 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)