SCIS Authorities Workshop Quiz (What's Wrong with the Authority?)

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SCIS Authorities Workshop Quiz

Test your knowledge on cataloguing authorities with our insightful quiz! Designed specifically for library cataloguers and information professionals, this quiz will help you identify common mistakes in authority records.

Topics covered include:

Understanding authority records
Identifying errors in cataloguing
Best practices for authority creation

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CataloguingGuru294

What is wrong with Authority Noone, Zoe #4720596?

It should be a corporate name authority, not a personal name authority

There is a space BEFORE the name 'Noone' and that is not right

It has first indicator '3' instead of first indicator '1'

What is wrong with authority 'Noone, Zoe - Biography' #4720597

It's a trick question - there's nothing wrong with this authority

The cataloguer has manually inserted a dash (-) into the authority when it's not needed

A subdivided name can only be a subject entry, not a main entry

What is wrong with Hobbyhorses in popular culture #4720594?

It includes an indicator in a topical authority. Topical authorities always have undefined (blank) indicators.

There is nothing wrong with this authority.

There are two spaces at the end of the heading

In MARC record: 461834 (The psychological development of the child) what is wrong with the 100 Paul Mussen field?

Nothing really. It's been imported from Voyager with a punctuation mistake in the bibliographic record. The authority is fine.

The authority has a space after the characters, so Koha counts the space as a character.

Mussen is misspelt. It should be Munsen.

In bibliographic MARC record: 4722 (Down in the cellar) why is the heading beginning with 'Hiding places' unauthorised?

Because an authority has not been created for this heading

Because it should be corporate name (610) heading instead of a 650

Because the word 'etc' does not have a full stop

Why is authority Animals - Ireland #547547 incorrect?

Cataloguers are not permitted to subdivide the heading 'Animals' geographically

Ireland has been coded as subdivision 'y' instead of subdivision 'z'

This should be a topical heading. It's been added as a geographic heading.

Why hasn't the 651 heading beginning with 'Japan' in MARC record: 3713191 (Hana-chan and the shape of the world) been authorised?

Because the cataloguer ran out of time to do so

Because the heading should be a topical (650) heading and not a geographic (651) heading

Because the order of the subdivisions is incorrect - any time periodical subdivisions are added they are only permitted after approved 'x' subdivisions

Authority 'Training series for SCIS cataloguers' #4720595 is linked to MARC record: 3713192 (The story dog (SCIS training)). What is wrong with the authority?

Two things: the indicator '0' in the 130 should be added to the second indicator, not the first; secondly, it's a numbered series and that's not reflected in the 008 of the authority

There should be a qualifier - brackets - in the 130a field

The series 'Training series for SCIS cataloguers' is not listed in the Library of Congress authorities - if a series is not listed there it should never be used

Look up the authority ' Austin, James' on the Authorities page. While not technically incorrect, why might this authority be looked at?

It's a duplicate authority, where one heading is for the main entry and the other is a subject. Ideally the main and subject headings would be merged into one.

The surname should be in all caps

The indicator coding is incorrect. First indicator '4' should never be used for a personal name.

Authority 'Breeding' #310954 has not been used in bibliographic records. Why?

Because once it was used in a website record and that record has now been deleted - SCIS does not remove authorities in this case

Because it's a newer authority and cataloguers are unaware that it exists

Because it's a complex see subject reference - the authority is instructional and should not be used as is

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