Subject authority records
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Summary: Instructions for catalogers on updating or creating SACO subject authority records.
This page is incomplete and needs further content about MSUL's approach to subject authority work and SACO participation.
Submitting SACO proposals
Use the forms available on the SACO page
Follow procedures described in the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings, sections H187-H400, available on Cataloger's Desktop
See the PCC Powerpoint presentation, "TIPS FOR MAKING SUCCESSFUL SUBJECT PROPOSALS."
Step 2
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- Substep b
- Substep c
Step 3
- Substep a
- Substep b
- Substep c
Step 4
- Substep a
- Substep b
- Substep c
Policies
- No subject authority checking is required by copy catalogers. Original catalogers use their discretion.
- Every subject used as an AAP should have a corresponding LCSH authority record in the catalog OR the subject string should correspond to an LCSH authority record and contain valid free-floating subdivisions OR be a locally-established subject.
- Local subjects may be used with approval of the Head of Cataloging, and will require the creation of a local authority record.
| Contact | Tim Kiser |
| Team | CMS |
| Updated | April 2018 |
| Created | April 2018 |