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Description

Determine whether any local authority files should be loaded into the Network Zone

Decision

See below

Owning group

Resource Management FG

Approver

PPC

Stakeholders

R = Resource Management IG
A = Resource Management IG
C = ILSDC
I = PPC, ILSDC

Decision-making process

Initial FG-wide conversation, subgroup with UCLA and UCSD formed to draft recommendation, fist-of-five vote

Due date

Recommendations

If a campus wants to load local authority data for reference only:

Post-migration, load the authority file into the campus IZ. The authority records will not be able to be used in NZ-linked bib records but they will be findable within the IZ.

If a campus wants to load local authority data for use in NZ-linked bib records:

Post-migration, load the file into the NZ and add a 910 field into each authority record indicating which campus the records belong to.

Local copies of LCNAF records (with or without local edits/changes) should, to the extent possible, not be added to the NZ.

If a campus has a mix of uses or is unsure of whether they will need their data in the NZ:

Post-migration, load the authority file into the campus IZ. The authority records can be examined individually or in sets and copied to a local NZ authority record as needed.

Note that there is no way to link IZ authority records to the NZ ?? (unlike with bibliographic records) so they would have to be copied or re-loaded into the NZ?.

Local copies of LCNAF (with or without local edits/changes) records should, to the extent possible, not be added to the NZ.

Background

ExLibris documentation:

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Extended_Training/Presentations_and_Documents_-_Authorities

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Implementation_and_Migration/Migration_Guides_and_Tutorials/010Alma_Migration_Considerations_for_Consortia

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/040Metadata_Management/060Working_with_Authority_Records#Adding_a_Local_Authority_Definition

From Basecamp: local authorities managed in an IZ can only be used in bib records that are not linked to the NZ. If local authorities are needed for any bib records linked to the NZ those authorities must also live in the NZ.

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UCLA has SARs and other authorities to test

Combination of truly local and copies of NAF records with local additions

UCSD has local non-series authorities to test

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What information is in them that we want to port over?

Series information and treatment (across different units within the same institution)

Fully local records: names, subjects

Other local additions to NAF records (cross-references, notes for catalogers, etc.)

What do campuses want to use local authorities for (i.e. anything that would wind up in an NZ bib or just for local reference?)

Series treatment and other information (used at check-in and other areas, notes on “series-like phrases”)

Local authority management/creation

Can non-series authorities be added to the NAF?

Maybe? UCLA FTVA records might be candidates for matching against the NAF but unclear about available resources

Should they live in an IZ or in the NZ?

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Authorities in an IZ can only be used in bibs that are not linked to an NZ record

If authorities will mainly be used for reference or for deferred cleanup, putting them in an IZ will keep them from showing up in NZ bibs.

Do local decisions about certain LCSH terms have any bearing on this (Illegal Aliens, for example)?

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Is CDL in charge of setting them up for the NZ?

No

What permissions/roles are needed in Alma?

NZ admin access is needed to manage NZ authorities.

RMFG members can ask for NZ admin access after migration.

Action Log

Action/Point Person

Expected Completion Date

Notes

Status

Subgroup formed to review page and fill in gaps, Hermine and Liz to draft recommendation

8/20/20

Finished

FG vote

9/1/20

Finished

PPC approval

9/4/20

Finished