Headings Used for the First Time

["Karen Rice" <Karen dot Rice at wwu dot edu>]

These lists are the core of our authority control work.  Original
catalogers set up headings according to LC authority files, cataloging
rules, etc., but in copy cataloging, headings are usually accepted as
is.  The Headings Used for the First Time report alerts us that we've
used a heading that hasn't been used before in our catalog and,
therefore, needs to be checked for correctness and currency and,
perhaps, needs an authority record. This is also where we find that a
name or subject heading has been changed by LC and needs to be changed
to the new form in our catalog.  Since we have AAC, this change usually
happens when we download the new authority record.

We review the report daily.

Karen Rice
Cataloging Services Librarian
Western Washington University Libraries