Kathryn,
If you simply want to get authority records one at a time as you need
them, Te Puna authority records are free. Or, at least, we've never
paid.
We check for new unauthorized headings daily on our local system, using
standard Voyager reports. We search these headings on Voyager in
case they are variant forms of other headings. If not, we get an
authority from Te Puna.
In the Te Puna Cataloguing Client,
* Search for the heading, using one of the "Staff ...
Heading Search" on the "Index Selection" Search tab.
* Click the heading and then the Authority button.
* When the authority record appears, save a copy to your work
file. [Use "Save as" in the File menu or
Ctrl-A]
In your local Cataloguing Client,
* Import the record from your work file. [In the Record
menu, select Import and then "From New File".]
* Save it to your database. [Click the Sailboat button
or, in the Record menu, select Save to database or Ctrl-B]
James
At 10:25 a.m. 2/11/2006, you wrote:
Hi
We are looking at
migrating our database from a DRA system to Voyager next year. We
are looking at options for
producing a file of authority records that match our bibliographic
records, including the possibility of sourcing these from Te Puna or
another agency. Im told the Te Puna option is quite expensive, so
we would be interested to hear of any librarys experiences of other
options, including costs, logistics and data quality.
Regards
Kathryn
Mercer
Cataloguing
Librarian
Waikato Institute of Technology
Private Bag 3036
Hamilton 2020
New Zealand
Tel +64 7 834 8888
Direct Tel: 834 8800extn 8120
Fax +64 7 838 0707
www.wintec.ac.nz
James
Cordes
phone: (64) (3) 479-8919
Senior Librarian (Cataloguing)
University of Otago Library fax: (64)
(3) 479-7640
PO Box 56
Dunedin, NEW
ZEALAND
email: james.cordes@library.otago.ac.nz