Re: [IUG] Authority Records - Conference Names

[Elysabeth Hall <ehall at willamette dot edu>]

Bill--
Akk!  Isn't it Backstage which would convert these headings? 

Lysa

Bill Kelm wrote:

>  Are any libraries that have the automated authority processing doing 
> anything special with their systems with regards to conference name 
> authority records. LC used to have individual authority records for 
> each occurrence of a conference; for example, if a conference was held 
> annually, there would be a separate authority record for each year.  A 
> couple of years ago, LC decided to eliminate constructing these 
> individual records, and just have one 'generic' authority name record. 
> Now we are discovering that are name headings in the bib records are 
> getting set to the generic heading. So for example, instead of:  
> "CRPYTO (Conference) : 1999 : Santa Barbara, Calif." they all were: 
> "CRYPTO (Conference)." Our staff would like the complete name heading 
> with the date to remain and not be replaced.
>
>  Any thoughts on some way to trick Innovative into not changing these 
> automatically?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Kelm

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