Normativna kontrola imen oseb, družin in korporativnih teles v knjižnicah in arhivih
Name authority control of persons, families and corporate bodies in libraries and archives

slovenian

2019

volume 63, issue 3

Zveza bibliotekarskih društev Slovenije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Purpose: Library and archival communities collaborated on the construction of standards used for description of resources or records. On the national level, however, they prepare description of resources and creators or authors independently of each other. It is therefore possible that description is duplicated. The aim was to find out how similar descriptions of persons and corporate bodies are in archives and libraries. Methodology/approach: We compared creators of archival fonds from the North Littoral region of Slovenia, which is the domain of France Bevk Public Library and Regional Archives, both located in Nova Gorica. The sample comprised 10 personal names and 15 names of corporate bodies from the CONOR authority database in COBISS.SI (used by the Slovenian libraries) and archival database SIRAnet. Those were the only names, which appeared in both institutions. Results: Authority records for the same creator or author in both institutions are in most part the same. In archival authority records, context is emphasised (history of the creator, the administrative structure, time of existence), while in libraries, variant names are emphasized. Research limitations: The sample was rather small. Authority control is managed differently in archives and in libraries. Additionally, in 2017, when the research was performed, the CONOR database only held a few records for corporate bodies. Originality/practical implications: A public portal should be developed, which would combine data about persons and corporate bodies from different local databases. Other relevant persons and corporate bodies would also be linked to the records in this portal. The locations of archives and libraries, where records and materials about these persons and corporate bodies are stored would also be available in the portal.

17.08.2020