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In response to a RDA-L comment about the NACO implications, Barbara
Tillett had the following to say:<br>
<pre wrap="">"DNB and others to eventually join VIAF will not necessarily follow the same cataloging rules or conventions or even the same scripts or language (we hope soon to add more non-Latin scripts) - records for the same entitity are mapped to each other using a computer algorithm that is about 95% accurate - so a few things will be missing or mis-matched.
VIAF could be used by NACO as a resource - not as the model for the 'authorized' heading. Please also be forewarned, VIAF is still in test mode. - Barbara"</pre>
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Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">This
brings up interesting questions about what kind of priority we</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">should accord
headings in these files.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">I</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">’</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">ve just looked at a few records, and
find them a little hard to parse, partly because the heavy coding isn</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">’</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">t display-friendly,
and partly because there seem</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">s</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri"> to be scanty information about the
person</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676"
face="Calibri"> and justification for the heading.</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> </span><span lang="en-us"> <font color="#5c4676"
face="Calibri">The lack of information in the records reminds me of
pre-1984 LC authority records</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">I</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">’</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">d be very interested
to hear what kind of experience any of you have using these
international authority files</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">. I</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">’</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
color="#5c4676" face="Calibri">ll report on our experience, too.</font></span><span
lang="en-us"></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Verdana" size="1">__________________________</font></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Calibri"><br>
</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri" size="2">Deborah
J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<br>
Head of Cataloging<br>
Folger Shakespeare Library<br>
201 East Capitol St., S.E</font><font face="Calibri" size="2">.<br>
Washington, D.C. 20003<br>
202.675-0369<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a> |</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.folger.edu"><span lang="en-us"></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><u><span lang="en-us"></span></u><u><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="2">http://www.folger.edu</font></span></u><span
lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri" size="2"> </font></span></p>
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Randal Brandt
Principal Cataloger
The Bancroft Library
(510) 643-2275
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu">rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu</a>
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