Steve, There is a separate database holding MARC authority records. These records can control all access points, authors, titles and subjects. Most of the time they have SEE and SEE ALSO references. At times they have longer explanations. They also may contain notes to the cataloger. For example, a authority record for a series might contain a note telling the cataloger if they are each classed by subject or if they are collected and classed as a group. They are structured very much like MARC bibliographic records. http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html In the more costly systems the authority records are linked to the bibliographic record, so that a change in the authority file automatically changes instances in the bibliographic file. Sincerely, David Bigwood bigwood@lpi.usra.edu Lunar & Planetary Institute Cataloging news: http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: Tonnesen Steve [mailto:tonnesen@cmsd.bc.ca] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:06 PM To: Larry Currie Cc: paul.poulain@free.fr; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] See and See Also References in Koha On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Larry Currie wrote:

We are one of the libraries in the U.S. that are keenly interested in the development of Koha versions 1.3.x and 1.4 as a replacement for our current automation system, and we are working closely with Ron Wickersham in Santa Rosa, CA on this. But one of the features our current system has that is very important is the ability to have "see" references and "see also" references in the catalog that result from subject and name authority work done by our cataloguers and by the Library of Congress. Has any thought been given on the developers list to having this ability in Koha?

Can you explain what this functionality does? I'm guessing that it ties one subject heading to one or more other subject headings. A "SEE" reference would tell the user to look at the reference instead of this heading (implying that this heading shows nothing?), and a "SEE ALSO" would tell the user to look at the reference in addition to this heading. What else are these "SEE" and "SEE ALSO" references used for, besides subject headings? Are they stored in a MARC record somewhere, and, if so, where? Steve. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha