ABSTRACT
Files of authorized names, series titles, or subject headings used in a catalog. The purpose of cataloging and having a catalog is so that users can have easy access to a well-organized collection. The optimum use of a catalog depends on authentic entries and a clean database. The authority service vendor checks and revises all the new headings in the bibliographic records and provides new authority records for the libraries as well. Libraries that continue to use cards no longer produce the card sets on-site. Instead, commercially produced cards are used to save staff time and to ensure the quality of the production. Automation has changed the cataloging scene dramatically. Staff composition in the cataloging department has shifted also, with the library technician the department’s backbone. Accuracy is important, and one should exercise great care when filing cards or entering any information into the database, be it the correct spelling, the correct field, or the correct indicator.
