Brief outline of the in-house authority control project at Library ITT Dublin, presented to the Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the Library Association of Ireland at their Annual Seminar in 2008. Presented with Astrid Albertini.

1. Authority Control Pilot
Library ITT Dublin

2. Details of authority control work
doneOut sourcing
●2001/2002
oMars
 Follow up?
2008 Investigated:
●Back Stage Library Works, Marcive, & Library
Tech Inc.
Original record creation:
●Have not needed to create any from scratch.

3. Downloaded records
Sources
●Library of Congress
●Take them in text format and import them into
the library system.
Types
●Piloting: Author, Subject
●Not currently using: Series, Serials

4. Staffing
●Systems Librarian = Cataloguing
oAuthority Control
 Budgets
●Library Assistants run report, locate & import
oSystems librarian researches headings that
cannot be found
●Library management system
oRuns reports, allows interactive corrections
 Would like Inn View LC authority records import
interface & Automatic Authority control

5. The actual process
●Cataloguing is done by librarians
oHeadings are verified
●Authority control report is run by Library Assistants
●Authorities are sourced on Library of Congress
ohttp://authorities.loc.gov
●Subject and Name authorities are imported into
Millennium
oRecords are updated and removed from the report.
Flash Demo

6. Thank you
●Questions????
●Contact: niamh.walker-headon@ittdublin.ie