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Application of Authority Control Process in Koha Cataloguing System


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1 Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713104, West Bengal, India
     

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This study suggests a pragmatic approach to the authority control process in library cataloguing systems in order to develop a better database that facilitates speedy information retrieval from library OPACs. The authority control method also creates a unified bibliographic database with separate access points for both library users and library professionals. To review the authority control procedure for the sake of this study, we used free and open-source library management software, namely Koha. Different methods are followed by the Koha administration and its cataloguing module. The bibliographic and authority frameworks are very helpful and conducive to all the libraries and information centers. The originality of this study has been successfully demonstrated by library cataloguers’ observations on frequent strategies for carrying out the authority control processes.

Keywords

Access Point, Authority Control, Authority File, Koha, Library Catalogue, OPAC.
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About The Authors

Sujan Saha
Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713104, West Bengal
India

Sukumar Mandal
Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713104, West Bengal
India


Notifications

  • Ahammad, N. (2014). Implementing the Koha integrated library system at the Independent University, Bangladesh: A practical experience. The Electronic Library, 32(5), 642– 658. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-04-2012-0036

  • Bargioni, S. (2020). From authority enrichment to AuthorityBox: Applying RDA in a Koha environment. From Authority Enrichment to AuthorityBox: Applying RDA in a Koha environment, 175–189.

  • Chang, N., Tsai, Y., Dunsire, G., and Hopkinson, A. (2013). Experimenting with implementing FRBR in a Chinese Koha system. Library Hi Tech News, 30(10), 10–20. https:// doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-09-2013-0054

  • Roy, M. B., and Kumar, N. (2017). Open source integrated library management systems: comparative analysis of koha and NewGenLib. International Journal of Information Movement, 12(1), 30–47.

  • Saha, S., and Mandal, S. (2022). Application and Integration of VIAF and OCLC FAST with Koha, VuFind, and Google CSE. Journal of Library Metadata, 22(3–4), 185–202. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2022.2103346

  • Archana, S. N., Padmakumar, P. K., and Charukuth, B. (2014). Catalogue Interfaces of Integrated Library Management Systems (ILMS): Experiences in a Proprietary and Open Source Software. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 34(1):16–22. https://doi. org/10.14429/djlit.34.5491


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Authors

Sujan Saha
Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713104, West Bengal, India
Sukumar Mandal
Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713104, West Bengal, India

Abstract


This study suggests a pragmatic approach to the authority control process in library cataloguing systems in order to develop a better database that facilitates speedy information retrieval from library OPACs. The authority control method also creates a unified bibliographic database with separate access points for both library users and library professionals. To review the authority control procedure for the sake of this study, we used free and open-source library management software, namely Koha. Different methods are followed by the Koha administration and its cataloguing module. The bibliographic and authority frameworks are very helpful and conducive to all the libraries and information centers. The originality of this study has been successfully demonstrated by library cataloguers’ observations on frequent strategies for carrying out the authority control processes.

Keywords


Access Point, Authority Control, Authority File, Koha, Library Catalogue, OPAC.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17821/srels%2F2023%2Fv60i4%2F170603