The Case of Tweddie-Dee and Tweddle-Dum: Authority Control in a Retrospective Database
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Clara M. Chu, Professor and Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Authority control is increasingly becoming an accepted element in the design of online catalogues and databases. Much of the literature on this topic focuses on online catalogues and considerably less attention is given to databases of retrospective literature. In this paper the application of authority control to three aspects of the structure and design of Science and Technology in Canadian History: ? Bibliography of Primary History: ? Bibliography of Primary Sources to 1914, namely, author-names, subject-descriptors, and serial titles, is described. The creation and structure of each authority ale is described, the attendant problems associated with authority control in such a database are noted, and implications for further work of this: nature are discussed.
The Case of Tweddie-Dee and Tweddle-Dum: Authority Control in a Retrospective Database
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 12(1): 35-57, 1987
- Language: English
- Date: 1987
- Keywords
- Authority control, Online catalogs