[Dspace-general] DSpace and authority/headings control

[MacKenzie Smith]

Hi Wayne,

At MIT we do not review the metadata supplied by depositors, but some of it 
comes from our own OPAC
(if it was a collection that happened to be cataloged by the library) and 
so has had authority control done.
Other institutions I know of are doing more reviewing and editing, so 
hopefully they'll speak up for
themselves about how they're handling that.

In the future we at MIT hope to do some development work on automated 
authority control, working with
OCLC and local name authority files, but I couldn't say when we might get 
to that. It's possible that
another institution will decide to tackle it before we do, and that should 
hopefully cut down on how much
reviewing and editing by library staff is needed.

Best wishes,

MacKenzie

At 08:46 AM 11/23/2004 -0500, Wayne Jones wrote:
>We're just in the process of setting up our DSpace-based repository at 
>Queen's University, and we are thinking of basic issues such as workflow, 
>accuracy and consistency of metadata, and authority control. I've found a 
>few documents here and there on some DSpace sites dealing with the issue, 
>but I'd be interested to hear about other libraries' policies and practices.
>
>Do you have a procedure in place so that the metadata input by submitters 
>is reviewed by library (or other) staff -- and, if so, does that review 
>entail standard authority control practices used in libraries, such as 
>checking authoritative sources and thesauri for forms of headings?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Wayne
>
> >
>
>Wayne Jones
>Head, Central Technical Services
>Queen's University Library
>Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B100A
>Kingston, ON
>K7L 5C4
>tel: (613) 533-2802
>fax: (613) 533-6819
>email: jonesw at post.queensu.ca
>
>
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MacKenzie Smith
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