On 11/11/13 16:47, arafat u rahman wrote:

My dear Koha Developers I want to know what is Authorities in KOHA . What is the function of Authorities in koha

Authority records for names and subjects are used to impose a controlled form of a term. In doing so, they avoid having two different forms that describe the same thing, both of which may not be found by a search term (e.g. Shakespeare, William vs. Bill Shakespear.) More explanation here: http://www.loc.gov/marc/uma/ There is nothing unique to Koha in this, it applies to all library systems. Bob Birchall CALYX