[Koha] Authorities help

[Liz Rea]

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 at 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 at 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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