Authority Control in the Online Environment Interest Group (LITA/ALCTS)

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Program from the 2002 ALA Annual Conference
"Real World Steps to Interoperability Between Electronic Resources"

Two-part session introduces audience to interoperability in the library world - it's not enough to be Z39.50 complaint. Part 1 is an overview of interoperability issues, guidelines, and profiles developed to deal with barriers, and library system readiness - NISO standard, Bath Profile covered. Part II Informs tech services and public services librarians about interoperability from authority control view point - includes interoperable searching across the web, databases, and library catalogs.

Presentations from this program:

The Integration of Information Languages and Interoperability, by Tony Olson

Bath Profile. Functional Area D: Authority Record Search and Retrieval in Online Library Catalogs, by Larry Dixson

International Efforts to Improve Interoperability, by Glenn Patton

Profiles: what are they and why do I care?, by Carroll Lunau