[DCRM-L] [Fwd: Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web]

[Randal Brandt]

This is forwarded from the RDA-L listserv. Apologies to those who may 
have already seen it.

Some new resources for name authorities and remote access to LCSH ...

Randy

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Subject: 	Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web
Date: 	Fri, 2 May 2008 13:13:03 -0400
From: 	Barbara B Tillett <btil at LOC.GOV>
Reply-To: 	Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and 
Access <RDA-L at INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA>
To: 	RDA-L at INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
References: 	<SRV-VM-EGWS7hx27kBn00000084 at SRV-VM-EGW.lac-bac.gc.ca> 
<1E2AE3042B9B4C459BED104D1ACB4064020A54A8 at jaguar.cclaflorida.org>



Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query, the Virtual International Authority File is a reality, even if it is still in start up project mode - try http://viaf.org  (for now it is just the personal name authority records from the Library of Congress, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and the Bibliotheque nationale de France).  This was started long before the WGFBC was ever thought of.

Another "authority file on the Web" is a portion of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is also available in SKOS format at http://lcsh.info/.  There are also the Web tools for subscription that also give access to LCC, LCSH, etc. (like Class Web). - Barbara Tillett




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