RE: Weird authority result

["Jackson, Richard" <rjackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ruth,

This situation is not that uncommon.  Because the system compares normalized
headings (punctuation, capitalization, and subfielding are ignored), a
legitimate heading sometimes matches a 4xx reference.  Another notorious
example:

110  20 University of Washington.
410  10 Washington (State).|bUniversity.

Every time a record with the heading Washington State University is added or
updated, the Invalid Heading Report says the heading should be changed to
University of Washington.

Likewise, if you have Automatic Authority Control Processing, adding or
updating the authority record will cause these headings to be reported as
Near Matches.  Fortunately, AACP will not flip the heading automatically,
since the Update function requires an exact match.

It would be nice if the system were smart enough to not report valid
headings as invalid.  For now, these reports should always be reviewed be
someone knowledgeable enough to know the difference.

Richard V. Jackson
Catalog Librarian / Database Manager
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, Calif. 91108
(626) 405-2100 x2384   rjackson@xxxxxxxxxx