[Koha] Authority file?

[Rosalie Blake]

Hello Ailish
> 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 
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