Hi! I'm Ben. Long time lurker, first time malcontent. I mean poster. ;-) We use authority records rather extensively here. The best example that I can use to explain why would be "Mark Twain." Samuel Longhorn Clemens chose the name Mark Twain as a writing pseudonym, but his pen name became so widely recognized that nearly everyone refers to him that way. Having an authority record would allow you to redirect people looking for "Samuel Longhorn Clemens" to the recognized name "Mark Twain." ...or "Sam Clemens," or "Marc Twain," or one of the other pen names that he used. It gets more useful for people like Tchaikovsky, who has multiple recognized alternate spellings of his name. We also use it to pull together iterations of musical works, which can get more byzantine. (How many "symphony no.3" titles are there?) Hope this helps. -- Ben On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM, scott <scott@sedc.k12.ut.us> wrote:
What are the authorities for? I cant find a explanation for them, I am trying to edit the 100 $a field, i figured out how to add authorities, do a search for that authority to stick it in the 100$a field, but whats the point? I could just turn them off, would it have a great affect on things?
Thanks. For those that reply.
-Scott
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Ben! It's great to see you on the list. Welcome to the global community of Koha users! Liz Rea NEKLS On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Ben Ide <benide@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi! I'm Ben. Long time lurker, first time malcontent. I mean poster. ;-)
We use authority records rather extensively here. The best example that I can use to explain why would be "Mark Twain."
Samuel Longhorn Clemens chose the name Mark Twain as a writing pseudonym, but his pen name became so widely recognized that nearly everyone refers to him that way.
Having an authority record would allow you to redirect people looking for "Samuel Longhorn Clemens" to the recognized name "Mark Twain."
...or "Sam Clemens," or "Marc Twain," or one of the other pen names that he used.
It gets more useful for people like Tchaikovsky, who has multiple recognized alternate spellings of his name.
We also use it to pull together iterations of musical works, which can get more byzantine. (How many "symphony no.3" titles are there?)
Hope this helps.
-- Ben
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM, scott <scott@sedc.k12.ut.us> wrote:
What are the authorities for? I cant find a explanation for them, I am trying to edit the 100 $a field, i figured out how to add authorities, do a search for that authority to stick it in the 100$a field, but whats the point? I could just turn them off, would it have a great affect on things?
Thanks. For those that reply.
-Scott
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To add to Ben's answer - if you don't want to use authorities - you don't have to - see this FAQ: http://koha.org/documentation/faq/why-cant-i-enter-a-value-in-the-100-field Nicole On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Liz Rea <lrea@nekls.org> wrote:
Ben! It's great to see you on the list.
Welcome to the global community of Koha users!
Liz Rea NEKLS
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Ben Ide <benide@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi! I'm Ben. Long time lurker, first time malcontent. I mean poster. ;-)
We use authority records rather extensively here. The best example that I can use to explain why would be "Mark Twain."
Samuel Longhorn Clemens chose the name Mark Twain as a writing pseudonym, but his pen name became so widely recognized that nearly everyone refers to him that way.
Having an authority record would allow you to redirect people looking for "Samuel Longhorn Clemens" to the recognized name "Mark Twain."
...or "Sam Clemens," or "Marc Twain," or one of the other pen names that he used.
It gets more useful for people like Tchaikovsky, who has multiple recognized alternate spellings of his name.
We also use it to pull together iterations of musical works, which can get more byzantine. (How many "symphony no.3" titles are there?)
Hope this helps.
-- Ben
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM, scott <scott@sedc.k12.ut.us> wrote:
What are the authorities for? I cant find a explanation for them, I am trying to edit the 100 $a field, i figured out how to add authorities, do a search for that authority to stick it in the 100$a field, but whats the point? I could just turn them off, would it have a great affect on things?
Thanks. For those that reply.
-Scott
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Ben Ide wrote:
We use authority records rather extensively here. The best example that I can use to explain why would be "Mark Twain."
Samuel Longhorn Clemens chose the name Mark Twain as a writing pseudonym, but his pen name became so widely recognized that nearly everyone refers to him that way.
Having an authority record would allow you to redirect people looking for "Samuel Longhorn Clemens" to the recognized name "Mark Twain."
...or "Sam Clemens," or "Marc Twain," or one of the other pen names that he used.
It gets more useful for people like Tchaikovsky, who has multiple recognized alternate spellings of his name.
We also use it to pull together iterations of musical works, which can get more byzantine. (How many "symphony no.3" titles are there?)
Hope this helps.
Welcome to the list, you delurker :) Thanks for the simple explanation on what authorities are. Being a techie, often the library related terminology and concepts can leave me flummoxed. cheers rickw -- _________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Be nice to us or we'll impose democracy on you.
Hi Ben, On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Ben Ide <benide@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi! I'm Ben. Long time lurker, first time malcontent. I mean poster. ;-)
We use authority records rather extensively here. The best example that I can use to explain why would be "Mark Twain."
Samuel Longhorn Clemens chose the name Mark Twain as a writing pseudonym, but his pen name became so widely recognized that nearly everyone refers to him that way.
Having an authority record would allow you to redirect people looking for "Samuel Longhorn Clemens" to the recognized name "Mark Twain."
...or "Sam Clemens," or "Marc Twain," or one of the other pen names that he used.
It gets more useful for people like Tchaikovsky, who has multiple recognized alternate spellings of his name.
We also use it to pull together iterations of musical works, which can get more byzantine. (How many "symphony no.3" titles are there?)
Thanks for the very simple and down-to-earth explanation of authorities. It has helped clear up my understanding of the practical use of them. And welcome to the list! Kind Regards, Christopher Nighswonger Faculty Member Network & Systems Director Foundations Bible College & Seminary www.foundations.edu www.fbcradio.org
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