Benchmarking Vended Authority Control Practices in ARL Libraries

Authors

Rebecca Mugridge, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Rebecca Nous, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Nancy Poehlmann, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Wendy West, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Rebecca L. Mugridge: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8541-9879

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2018.1509432

Abstract

This article presents the results of a survey designed to benchmark the use of vendors to support authority control activities in Association of Research Libraries member libraries. Such activities include updating authority or bibliographic records, sourcing authority records, participation in cooperative cataloging efforts, and more. The survey investigated whether and how responding libraries used vendors to create and maintain an authority file and process current cataloging records. The survey gathered demographic and other information about the libraries, and the authors sought to identify trends and correlations between these and other factors.

Comments

This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript. The version of record can be found here: Rebecca L. Mugridge, Rebecca Nous, Nancy Poehlmann & Wendy West (2018) Benchmarking Vended Authority Control Practices in ARL Libraries, Technical Services Quarterly, 35:4, 323-337, DOI: 10.1080/07317131.2018.1509432.

Recommended Citation

Mugridge, Rebecca; Nous, Rebecca; Poehlmann, Nancy; and West, Wendy, "Benchmarking Vended Authority Control Practices in ARL Libraries" (2018). University Libraries Faculty Scholarship. 163.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ulib_fac_scholar/163