USMAI Authorities Task Group

Charge

The USMAI Transition Team charges the Authorities Task Group to investigate the feasibility of implementing the Authorities Module in Aleph version 16. The Group will also identify all options and alternatives pertaining to this implementation. The Group will examine these issues in relation to all authorized headings. The Group will evaluate the feasibility of implementation and all the varying options, and recommend a general implementation strategy. The Task Group's recommendation and report will be shared with the database COI for comment and subsequently submitted to the USMAI Transition Team.

Time Frame:

• Duration: 3 months
• Start Date: March 14, 2005
• End Date: June 15, 2005

Membership

• Robert Bratton, UM, College Park
• Wilma Bass, UM, Baltimore
• Janet Lee-Smeltzer, UM, Baltimore County
• Carlen Ruschoff, UM, College Park
• Heidi Hanson, ITD Consultant, UM, College Park

USMAI Authorities Task Group Report and Appendices

• USMAI Authorities Task Group Final Report
• Appendix A - Assessment of Aleph Authorities Module and Outsourcing Authorties Processing and Maintenance
• Appendix B - Summary of a Survey of Library Technologies, Inc. (LTI)/Aleph Customers

Other Resources

• Library Technologies, Inc. (LTI) Authorities Information
• Duke University's Report on Working with LTI for Authorities Processing
• A Presentation on Authorities Issues in Aleph presented by Sandy Card, Binghamton University, 2003
• Notes From Telephone Surveys of other Aleph/LTI sites (Boston College, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, UC Davis, and UC Santa Barbara)

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