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The authority control
The authority control

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Author(s): Dorina Bălan
Subject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Asociația Bibliotecarilor din România
Keywords: collective pseudonyms;authority file;people names;authority control;shared pseudonyms;unshared pseudonyms

Summary/Abstract: In the present article, the scientific study of the notions regarding the completion of the authority files and notes for the collective pseudonym starts from the pragmatical reasons specific to a research; it defines the library terminology for the authority control, in the case of these files; it also deals with the classification of the collective pseudonyms, bringing details about their history. The article intends to solve the difficulties in the settlement of the authorized records and names variants; it makes the connections between the works written under an individual name and those written under the collective pseudonym, in order to complete the use notes, based on the international cataloguing and authority control rules, norms and principles.

  • Issue Year: 10/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 62-70
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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