Authorities

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Can CONSER Lead the Way? Considering Ethical Implications for Corporate Bodies in Name Authority Records / Paromita Biswas 

in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Vol. 60, issue 5 (2022)

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article

Corporate bodies need to be included in discussions of ethical issues related to name authority control, yet as Sandberg has noted they are largely missing from this conversation. This paper calls upon the Cooperative Online Serials (CONSER) Program of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) to lead discussions exploring ethical issues that might arise in authority records for corporate bodies.

Culturally-Rich Name Authority Records in RDA for Puerto Rican Artists / Dinah M. Wilson Fraites

Core Cataloging Norms Interest Group presentation, March 2023

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This presentation explores the creation of culturally-rich metadata for name authority records in RDA for Puerto Rican artists. The creation of name authority records for Puerto Rican artists stems from the need to support metadata creation in ongoing digitization projects led by the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, that focus on preservation and access of unique Puerto Rican and Caribbean Studies collections. As a librarian, my role is to ensure that metadata creation follows standards and best practices, including the use of controlled vocabularies and authorized forms of names. One of the collections that is being digitized is the Puerto Rican Art Catalogs Collection. However, Puerto Rican artists are not well represented in the Library of Congress Name Authority File. Many artists do not have authority records or the records that are available lack important information. Authority work is needed to provide visibility and access to resources related to Puerto Rican arts. The Library System of UPR-Río Piedras is a member of the Library of Congress Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO) and creates authority records that are added to NAF. This presentation will discuss the following aspects: 

This presentation aims to encourage community discussions regarding challenges and best practices for the creation of culturally-rich name authority records.

Ethical questions in name authority control / Editor, Jane Sandberg

Library Juice Press, 2019 (ISBN 9781634000543)

book

"Explores and develops a framework for the ethical practice of name authority control, through theoretical and practice-based essays, stories, content analyses, and other methods"-- Provided by publisher.

PANA (Pan-American Authorities) Workflow: Background & Overview / University of  Florida Libraries

libguide

A LibGuide to help the Bilingual (English/Spanish) Metadata Working Group select Spanish-language preferred and non-preferred terms.

PCC Position Statement on Personal Data in Name Authority Records

Approved July 12, 2023

manual or guide

A statement of intent for creating or editing name authority records to center the humanity of an individual and to recognize the potential risks of codifying information about individuals, especially those from marginalized groups.

PCC Revised Report on Recording Gender in Personal Name Authority Records

April 7, 2022

REPORT

This report documents the PCC decision to stop recording gender in personal name authority records and to remove gender information present in field 375 from personal name authority records.