Challenges for the implementation of resource description and access (rda)case study germany...usage.Parallel to that implementation the Office for Library Standards of theGerman National Library is planning to combine the authority files forbibliographic description, namely the Corporate Body Authority File(GKD), the Subject Headings Authority File (SWD) and the NamesAuthority File (PND) to create...
Regional connections to national authority filesJournal ArticleLocal and regional authority files exist to cover gaps in national and international authority files....
Analysis and reflections on viaf, virtual international authority fileThe Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is a joint experiment of the Library of Congress (LC), the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) with Online ...
Western name authority file: a pilot regional name authority project... Standard practice for library metadata is to use existing controlled vocabularies such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File, but what can be done if the personal names and corporate bodies in local or regional digital collections are not represented in the Library of Congress? As digital...