ARTICLES AND WORKSHOPS

Action Agenda for Global Access by 2000: Reports from Small-Group Discussions DESCRIPTION: Agenda reports regarding the above topic and in relation to enhancing access to primary sources internationally.
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org/psrept.html
Authority Records for Children’s Subject Headings DESCRIPTION: "In late 1995, the Library of Congress indicated that it would begin adding children’s subject headings (Annotated Card Program [AC] Subject Headings) to the LC authority file on OCLC sometime in 1996."
WEB SITE: http://tpot.ucsd.edu/Cataloging/Auth_records/kids.html
British Library Records Now Part of RLIN® NAF DESCRIPTION: "The British Library joins the three American organizations hosting synchronized copies of the Name Authority File."
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org/r-focus/i26.blnaf.html
Cooperative Approaches: Challenges and Opportunities by Mary Clapinson, Keeper of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
DESCRIPTION: An article concerning the topic of enhancing access to primary sources internationally.
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org/psclap.html
Cornell Passes RLIN® Records Into Cataloger’s Toolkit DESCRIPTION: "In November 1996, Cornell began experimenting with using Gary Strawn’s Cataloger’s Toolkit (aka CLARR) to import bibliographic and authority records from utilities and vendors’ files into our local NOTIS system. This method is now available to most of our searching staff as an alternative to using FTP and Generic Transfer and Overlay (GTO)."
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org/r-focus/i26.cornell.html
Functions of Library of Congress Subject Headings DESCRIPTION: "The Library of Congress subject headings system serves both internal and external needs."
WEB SITE: http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/shed0015.htm
LCSH and PRECIS in Library and Information Science: A Comparative Study DESCRIPTION: "A performances comparison between LCSH and PRECIS."
WEB SITE: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/catalog/op/194.html
New Resources in the Name Authority File DESCRIPTION: "The Library of Congress has announced that two new categories of headings are being added to the Name Authority File (NAF): headings from the Dance Heritage Coalition and machine-derived name authority records created as part of a cooperative LC/OCLC Uniform Title Correction Project."
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org/r-focus/i30.newnaf.html
OCLC Authority Control DESCRIPTION: "Purchasing Blackwell North America’s (BNA) authority control services in 1997, OCLC has expanded its authority control service market. According to OCLC’s Web site, ‘OCLC’s Authority Control automatically corrects, updates, and modernizes headings for personal and/or corporate names, series, and LC and/or Medical subject headings found in your bibliographic records."
WEB SITE: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/auth.htm
Proceedings of the OCLC Internet Cataloging Colloquium DESCRIPTION: On January 19, 1996, in conjunction with the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, the OCLC Internet Cataloging project hosted a colloquium for project participants and interested others.
WEB SITE: http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003889
What’s Library of Congress Subject Headings? DESCRIPTION: A short explanation of LCSH.
WEB SITE: http://www.unc.edu/courses/jomc050/loc/lcsh3.html
With A Little Help from My Friends: Cooperative Action to Enhance Local Programs by Michael Fox, Head of Processing, History Center, Minnesota Historical Society DESCRIPTION: An article addressing the topic of enhancing access to primary sources internationally.
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org/psfox.html
64th IFLA General Conference, August 16 - August 21, 1998 DESCRIPTION: Working with LCSH: the cost of cooperation and the achievement of access. A perspective from the British Library.
WEB SITE: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/64intro.htm