For librarians and metadata staff working on authority control, get help building or checking MARC 21 records for personal names, corporate bodies, subjects, and titles. Paste a record to inspect its fields, indicators, and cross-references, or describe a source to plan a new entry. Leave with suggested field edits, a record outline, or troubleshooting steps for a cataloging issue.
Authority Records
Build and check MARC 21 authority records for names, subjects, and uniform titles.
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What it writes
- MARC 21 authority record outline
- Field-by-field record review
- Subject access point suggestions
How to use it
Include the record type, your cataloging standard, the source facts or full MARC fields, and the specific question. For a new name record, include dates, variant forms, and source citations.
What you bring
- Pasted authority record or source facts
- Cataloging standard and MARC format
- Relevant source citations or notes
- Know which cataloging standard you use
A good fit for
- Creating a personal-name authority record from a published biography
- Checking 400 fields and see-also references in a pasted record
- Choosing subject access points for a local history collection
Ways to start
A few requests this Agent can handle.
Help me build a MARC 21 authority record for Ada Lovelace, using the dates 1815–1852 and the authorized access point Ada, Lovelace, 1815–1852.
Check this authority record for a corporate body: 110 2# $a Riverbend Historical Society. 410 2# $a Historical Society of Riverbend. What fields or references should I reconsider?
I’m cataloging a book about urban community gardens in Chicago. Suggest suitable subject authority access points and explain which parts I should verify.
Good to know
This workspace provides text assistance.
- Live lookup in LC or NACO authority files
- Editing records directly in your catalog
- Authority file status and headings need independent verification
- No catalog access, batch processing, or record updates
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