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Authority Records for Public Services: Perspectives from Cataloging and Reference

This publication explores the construction and sources of authority records for public services, including cataloging and reference. It discusses various methods and sources of information used in creating authority records.

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Authority Records for Public Services: Perspectives from Cataloging and Reference

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  1. Authority Records for Public Services: Perspectives from Cataloging and Reference MOUG 2009 Conference Feb. 18, 2009 Wendy A. Sistrunk Music Catalog Librarian University of Missouri—Kansas City

  2. Name Authority Record Construction • 010 LC control number • 040 Cataloging source • 1xx Heading • 4xx “See” reference • 5xx “See also” reference • 667 Notes indicating other headings (e.g., “Do not confuse”; “Cannot identify with”, clarifications on when to use, etc.) • 670 “Work cat” – Citation for the item that the authority record was created • 670 Additional information from other sources • 675 Source data not found

  3. Name/Title Authority Record Construction • 1xx Name ǂt Uniform title • 4xx “See” reference • 5xx “See also” reference • 670 “Work cat” – Citation for the item that the authority record was created • 670 Additional information from other sources

  4. Sources of Information (670) • “Work cat” • Catalog • Reference sources • Databases • Web sites • Communication with people • conversations in person • telephone calls • e-mail correspondence • Other

  5. Select Reference Sources ONLINE • LC catalog • Aria Database • Authority Tools of A/V Catalogers • Classical Composers Database • Dead Musician Directory • Dead People Server • Dead Rock Stars Club • Famous Name Changes • Find-a-Grave • Gaylord Lib. Necrology file • IMDb • International Alliance for Women in Music • Jazz Pseudonyms • MLA Obituary Index • OCLC • Political Graveyard • Types of Compositions • Soc. Security death Index PRINT • Anderson, E.R. Contemporary Amer. composers, 2nd ed. • ASCAP, 4th ed. • Baker, centennial ed. • Claghorn, C.E. Biog. dict. of Amer. mus. • Grove, ed. • Guinness enc. of popular mus. • Int. ww in mus., ed. [for 1st-14th eds.] • MGG • Mus. index, [year] cumulation • New Grove, 2nd ed. • Grove dict. of Amer. mus. • Norton/Grove dict. of women composers • Riemann MusikLexikon, 12. Aufl. • Sutton, A. Pseudonyms on Amer. Records, 2nd rev. and exp. ed. • Ww in Amer. mus., classical, 2nd ed.

  6. EXAMPLES • 100 1 Gibson, Joe D., ǂd 1929-2005 • 400 1 Katzberg, Joseph Paul, ǂd 1929-2005 • 670 Rarin' rockabilly [SR] 197-: ǂb container (Joe D. Gibson) • 670 Rockin' country style WWW site, July 6, 2007 ǂb (Gibson, Joe D.; Joseph Paul Katzberg; b. 1929, d. 2005; rockabilly musician and air traffic controller)

  7. Name Changes • 100 1 McNeil, Joan N. • 400 1 Sistrunk, Joan • 400 1 Sistrunk, Joni • 400 1 Newcomer, Joan Catherine • 670 Adolescence and death, c1986: ǂb CIP t.p. (Joan N. McNeil; Ph.D.) pub. info. (asst. prof., Dept. of Family & Child Development, Kansas St. U., Manhattan) • 670 LC database, Apr. 2, 1998 ǂb (hdg.: Sistrunk, Joan) • 670 Graham, R. O, Jesus, thou of loving grace, c1963: ǂb caption (words by Joni Sistrunk) • 670 Phone call to author, April 2, 1998 ǂb(Joan Sistrunk is previous legal name; aka Joni Sistrunk; b. Joan Catherine Newcomer, Apr. 27, 1929, El Dorado, Kans.)

  8. Cause of Death • 1001 François, Claude, ǂd 1939-1978 • 4001 François, Claude, ǂd 1939-1977 ǂw nnaa • 4000 Cloclo, ǂd 1939-1978 • 4000 Clo-Clo, ǂd 1939-1978 • 670 Harvey, J. Une idole nommée Cloclo, c1978 (subj.) ǂb t.p. (Cloclo) p. 5 (Claude François) p. 220 (d. June 25, 1977) • 670 WW France, 1977/78 ǂb (François, Claude; b. Feb. 1, 1939) • 670 Delange, C. Claude François, c1985: ǂb t.p. (Claude François) p. 13 (b. Feb. 1, 1939 in Ismaïla, Egypt) p. 122 ("Clo-Clo," Claude François, d. Mar. 11, 1978 at 2 PM, accidentally electrocuted in his bath, buried Mar. 15, 1978) • 670 All music guide WWW site, Apr. 14, 2005 ǂb (Claude François; b. Claude Marie Antoine François, Feb. 1, 1939, Ismailia, Egypt; d. Mar. 11, 1978, Paris, France; nicknamed Clo-Clo)

  9. Gender Ambiguity • 100 1 Tipton, Billy, ǂd 1914-1989 • 400 1 Tipton, Dorothy Lucille, ǂd 1914-1989 • 670 Suites me, 1998: ǂb CIP t.p. (Billy Tipton) galley (b. Dorothy Lucille Tipton, 1914; d. 1989, Spokane, Wash.; jazz musician) • 670 FirstSearch, NewsAbs ǂb (Billy Tipton, jazz pianist and leader of the Billy Tipton Trio; also played saxophone)

  10. Do Not Confuse Note • 100 1 White, Eddie, ǂd 1919-1996 • 400 1 White, Edward R., ǂd 1919-1996 • 667 Do not confuse with jazz pianist and composer active in the 1920s and 1930s: White, Eddie • 670 His Yesterday's cake, c1985: ǂb t.p. (Eddie White) p. 168 (b. June 18, 1919) • 670 Internet movie database WWW site, November 28, 2006: ǂb (Eddie White; b. June 18, 1919, the Bronx, New York; d. October 22, 1996, Lenox Hill, New York; sometimes credited as Edward R. White, Eddie R. White; actor) • 670 ASCAP, 4th ed. ǂb (White, Edward R.; b. June 18, 1919, New York, N.Y.; composer, author, producer, actor)

  11. Pseudonyms • 100 1 Robyn, William, ǂd 1894-1996 • 400 1 Bennett, Bert, ǂd 1894-1996 • 400 1 Brown, Tom, ǂd 1894-1996 • 400 1 Conroy, Frank, ǂd 1894-1996 • [etc.!] • 670 William Robyn oral history interviews: ǂb label (William Robyn) transcript (Wolf Scarpioff, Mario Rubinoff) • 670 Enc. of rec. sound, c2005 ǂb (Robyn, William; b. Latvia 1894; d. Englewood, N.J., 12 Apr. 1996; tenor; born William Rubin he used more than 50 pseudonyms on recordings published by Victor, Columbia, Cameo, and approx. 50 other labels between 1919 and 1931) • 670 Pseudonyms on American records, c2005: ǂb p. 401 (Bert Bennett ; Tom Brown ; Frank Conroy ; Fred Conroy ; Thornely Crane ; Jack Ender ; Al Foster ; Fred Franklin ; Buddy Gravelle ; Edward Hamilton ; Ray Hamilton ; Bobby Mack ; John Manning ; Walter Norton ; Ray or Roy Powell ; Walter Ray ; William Robinow ; William Robinson ; "Wee" Willie Robyn ; George Ruban ; Cantor William Rubin ; William Rubinoff ; William Scarpioff ; Henry Scott ; Eddie Shaw ; Harry Smith ; John Spear ; William Stanley ; Frankie Waters ; Wee Willie)

  12. 100 1 Morgan, Dan, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 1 Smith, John, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 1 Native, Sydney, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 0 Dan the Breaker, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 0 Down the River Jack, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 0 Bill the Native, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 0 Big Morgan, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 1 Morgan, Jack, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 0 Mad Dan Morgan, ǂd d. 1865 • 400 0 Morgan, ǂd d. 1865 • 670 Morgan the murderer, 1989: ǂbt.p. (Dan Morgan) p. xvii (died 1865) p. 1 (Daniel Morgan, alias John Smith, alias Sydney Native, alias Dan the Breaker, alias Down the River Jack, alias Bill the Native, alias Big Morgan, alias Jack Morgan, alias Mad Dan Morgan; he directed his victims to call him 'Morgan')

  13. 100 1 Marsh, John, ǂd 1907- • 500 1 Elton, John, ǂd 1907- ǂwnnnc • 500 1 Harley, John, ǂd 1907- ǂwnnnc • 500 1 Hastings, Harrington, ǂd 1907- ǂwnnnc • 500 1 Richmond, Grace, ǂd 1907- ǂwnnnc • 500 1 Woodward, Lilianǂwnnnc • 663 For works of this author entered under other names, search also under ǂb Elton, John, 1907- , ǂb Harley, John, 1907- , ǂb Hastings, Harrington, 1907- , ǂb Richmond, Grace, 1907- , ǂb Woodward, Lilian • 670 Contemp. authors, perm. series, v. 1 ǂb (Marsh, John, b. 8-8-07; British author; pseuds.: John Elton, John Harley, Harrington Hastings, Grace Richmond, Lilian Woodward) • 670 LC data base, 2-8-90 ǂb (hdg.: Marsh, John, 1907- )

  14. (Who? What?) • 100 1 Reay-Smith, John • 400 1 Smith, John Reay- • 670 His Discovering ... 1976.

  15. Name/Title • 100 1 Cage, John. ǂt City wears a slouch hat • 670 Cage, J. The lost works [SR] p1996: ǂb label (The city wears a slouch hat) container (The city wears a slouch hat : (1942) : a radio play to a text by Kenneth Patchen for actors and "sound orchestra") • 670 New Grove ǂb (The city wears a slouch hat (K. Patchen), radio play, perc, 1942, unpubd)

  16. 100 1 Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, ǂd 1805- 1847. ǂtNonne • 400 1 Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, ǂd 1805-1847. ǂt Lieder, ǂn op. 9. ǂpNonneǂwnne • 400 1 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, ǂd 1809-1847. ǂt Lieder, ǂn op. 9. ǂpNonne • 670 LC data base, June, 22, 1985 ǂb (hdg.: Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847. Lieder, op. 9. Nonne) • 670 Sirota, V. The life and works of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, 1981: ǂb p. 317 (Die Nonne (Uhland), first published as Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy'sZwölf Lieder, op. 9, no. 12. Autograph, May 1822. MAMs 32, p. 41)

  17. 100 1 Sistrunk, Wendy A., ǂd 1961- • 670 Mu Phi Epsilon composers & authors, 2003: ǂb t.p. (Wendy Sistrunk) • 670 Conversation with compiler, Aug. 25, 2003 ǂb (Wendy A. Sistrunk is preferred form of name; b. Apr. 19, 1961, Lindsay, Calif.) • 670 MOUG 2009 Conference, Feb. 18, 2009: ǂb Plenary session; Authority records for public services; PPT presentation (Wendy A. Sistrunk; Music Catalog Librarian, University of Missouri—Kansas City; sistrunkw@umkc.edu)

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