[Koha] See and See Also References in Koha

[Bigwood, David]

Steve,

There is a separate database holding MARC authority records. These records
can control all access points, authors, titles and subjects. Most of the
time they have SEE and SEE ALSO references. At times they have longer
explanations. They also may contain notes to the cataloger. For example, a
authority record for a series might contain a note telling the cataloger if
they are each classed by subject or if they are collected and classed as a
group. They are structured very much like MARC bibliographic records.
http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html In the more costly systems
the authority records are linked to the bibliographic record, so that a
change in the authority file automatically changes instances in the
bibliographic file.

Sincerely,
David Bigwood
bigwood at lpi.usra.edu
Lunar & Planetary Institute
Cataloging news: http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Tonnesen Steve [mailto:tonnesen at cmsd.bc.ca]
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:06 PM
To: Larry Currie
Cc: paul.poulain at free.fr; koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] See and See Also References in Koha



On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Larry Currie wrote:

> We are one of the libraries in the U.S. that are keenly interested in
> the development of Koha versions 1.3.x and 1.4 as a replacement for our
> current automation system, and we are working closely with Ron
> Wickersham in Santa Rosa, CA on this.  But one of the features our
> current system has that is very important is the ability to have "see"
> references and "see also" references in the catalog that result from
> subject and name authority work done by our cataloguers and by the
> Library of Congress.  Has any thought been given on the developers list
> to having this ability in Koha?


Can you explain what this functionality does?  I'm guessing that it ties
one subject heading to one or more other subject headings.  A "SEE"
reference would tell the user to look at the reference instead of this
heading (implying that this heading shows nothing?), and a "SEE ALSO"
would tell the user to look at the reference in addition to this heading.

What else are these "SEE" and "SEE ALSO" references used for, besides
subject headings?  Are they stored in a MARC record somewhere, and, if so,
where?

Steve.


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