[Koha] authority control and cataloging

[Nicole Engard]

I have added an FAQ for this because so many people ask this question.

http://koha.org/documentation/faq/why-cant-i-enter-a-value-in-the-100-field

Basically you need to turn BiblioAddsAuthorities on.

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2009/7/13 Anna Kågedal <anna.kagedal at gmail.com>:
> Dear all,
>
> I am a librarian with hardly any cataloging experience since library school,
> and I am now trying to learn how to catalog in Koha 3.0 that we are
> implementing in our school library. (We are changing from an old follett
> system).
>
> I have some problems, one of my major problems is the authority control for
> example Personal names. I understand the value, but I can't get it to work?
> It is there as a default, but I don't understand how to add the authority to
> search in? And I read some instructions that if no authority record is
> found, I'm supposed to be able to enter the author name manually, but I
> can't do that. The 100 9 and 100 a continues to be grey and non-writable. Is
> there a database to upload for this authority control ?
>
> Since our catalog is quite messy to begin with, we already have the problem
> of names entered differently, but with the smart search in koha I don't find
> it as problematic as in our old system, so I am thinking of "turning"
> authority control off. Problem is I don't understand how to do that either.
>
> Anyone who can help out?
>
> Anna
>
>
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