Authority control, the process of ensuring consistent use of access points in bibliographic records, helps library users discover all relevant information within a library’s catalog. To be effective, authority requires record maintenance. This session will cover the basic principles of authority control and guide users on maintaining consistency in authority records.
Scheduled Dates
| January 22, 2025, 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Register |
Learning objectives for this session may include:
- Address the importance of authority control
- Maintain consistency in authority records
- Develop an authority record workflow
Topic Area
Contact
learning@amigos.org
Session Duration
This course consists of one 2-hour session.
Contact Hours
2
Instructor
Amanda Sprochi is a cataloger of all things rare, digital, and print at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She's served as the Medical Library Association's representative (6 years) to the American Library Association’s Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access, was a member of the RSC+ Committee working on the RDA 3R Project, and chaired the Fictitious Entities Working Group. She teaches cataloging courses at the Mizzou School of Information Science & Learning Technologies and was honored with a 2024 CORE Presidential Citation for her work as chair of ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access.