Hi Kathryn The MARS authority control service may be an option for you. The website is at: http://www.bslw.com/authority_control.html. I am afraid that I can't help you on costs or quality, as we haven't used this service ourselves, but the staff are very willing to answer questions. Kind regards, Sarah Sarah Menzies Cataloguer North Shore Libraries Phone: 09 486-8473 Email:sarahme@shorelibraries.govt.nz ________________________________ From: catsig-bounces@mcs.vuw.ac.nz [mailto:catsig-bounces@mcs.vuw.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Kathryn Mercer Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 10:25 a.m. To: catsig@mcs.vuw.ac.nz Subject: [CatSIG] authorities 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. I'm told the Te Puna option is quite expensive, so we would be interested to hear of any library's 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 This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please do not read, distribute or copy it or any attachments. Please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message and attachments. Any views expressed in this email may be those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of North Shore City Council.