Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Name Authority Work Today: A Comparison of Types of Academic Libraries. |
| Authors: |
Burke, Susan K.1 sburke@ou.edu, Shorten, Jay2 jshorten@ou.edu |
| Source: |
Library Resources & Technical Services. Jan2010, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p4-20. 17p. 6 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Academic libraries, *Library administration, *Library materials, Name authority records (Information retrieval), Authority files (Information retrieval), Cataloging management, Information organization, Contracting out, Small libraries, Library materials budgets |
| Abstract: |
This study compared different types and sizes of academic libraries on how they currently engage in name authority work. Findings were that smaller libraries were more likely to do their cataloging in-house and less likely to purchase vendor services. Large libraries and libraries at graduate institutions were more likely to engage in some outsourcing and were more likely to do name authority control for a variety of types of names and materials. The study documents name authority control practices before the implementation of the anticipated new cataloging rules. The results provide comparative data that could be useful for making decisions concerning, for example, allocating staff positions or budgets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
