Library of congress name authority file download

This increased the number and variety of records on which I worked. I developed better research methods for confirming information, and understanding of how to apply the rules of Recourse Description and Access RDA.

Between the requests from other units and materials in Smithsonian Library holdings, names covered a wide variety of topics. Names covered people long dead and many very much alive and actively publishing.

This meant that the method of confirming details in the record could vary from checking genealogical records to emailing an author. Faculty from both academic institutions worked with students who conducted oral history interviews with Navajo elders.

The project focused on teaching students basics of journalism, photojournalism and ethnographic research. Students worked in groups and learned how to conduct personal research, interview, create video documentaries, and supplemental works like transcriptions. Videos were deposited with Smithsonian Libraries and are also available online via Vimeo. I created records for many of the interviewees who did not have records, some of whom have been covered in other publications, or written their own.

I also created a record for the project, which clarifies that a researcher can find materials from the project over several years. This expedition is well documented, but is goes by different names in the literature. These variant names were added to the record, which will help future researchers find the related materials in spite of the variations.

Her record is a classic example of the benefits of when catalogers reach out to the author for clarification. Smithsonian museums and the branch libraries that support their work include a breadth and depth of materials used by researchers from around the world.

Watch for more posts over the next few months discussing more stories behind the records. Categories: Discovery Services Research. LC staff and NACO participants create headings for personal, corporate, conference and geographic names, as well as uniform title and series headings. LC does not necessarily create a record for every unique heading subdivision combination assigned to a bibliographic record.

The control number consists of an alphabetic prefix plus eight or ten digits. The alphabetic prefix indicates which system created the authority record. Note: In-process records for proposed LC subject headings are found only in the Library of Congress online system. These records have LCCNs prefixed with sp. The LC subject authority file contains only headings and cross-references from the current edition of LCSH, its supplements, and weekly lists.

Cross-references that link subject headings formerly used to their current forms may or may not be present. Topical subject headings field and topical subdivision headings field do not always support subdivision by place.