Re: Suppressed authority records

[Mieko Yamaguchi <m.yamaguchi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Elizabeth Thomsen wrote:

> We use automated authority
> processing, and were unhappy to discover that the system won't update
> headings if the authority record is suppressed.
> 
> We suppress authority records when we don't want them to display to
> patron, because they would all fall next to each other in the index and
> would all display uselessly when a user enters a simple lastname,
> firstname search.  

I seem to remember this enhancement was introduced because a number of 
users requested it.

> If some libraries want to be able to make authority records inactive
> rather than merely suppressed, maybe there should be an option for this,
> or there could be two suppression codes, one which means "suppress the
> display," and one which means "suppress the display and don't use for
> updating headings."

Yes, designating one suppression code for authorities which should be
ignored for updating headings, while using others for suppressing them 
from public view seems like a good solution.

Mieko
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