Welcome to LAC/Bienvenue à BAC: A New Bilingual NACO Partner. Issue 2 (17th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cui, Hong; Stacy, Sarah
• Is Part Of: Cataloging & classification quarterly. Volume 58:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 169
• Page End: 179
• Publication Date: 2020-02-17
• Subjects: National library -- Name Authority Cooperative Program -- cooperative cataloging -- authority files (information retrieval) -- bilingualism -- integrated library system; Cataloging -- Periodicals; Classification -- Books -- Periodicals; 025.3
• DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2020.1724224
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9374

Abstract

Abstract: In 2018, the national, bilingual authority file maintained by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), called Canadiana Authorities, underwent major changes when the internally-developed Integrated Library System (ILS) AMICUS was decommissioned and OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) was adopted as a replacement. As a part of the transition, LAC split its single, bilingual authority file Canadiana Authorities into separate English and French language files and joined Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO) in order to manage its English-language authority records. This has been a significant change that has challenged the organization to rethink everyday practices while maintaining its commitments to the Canadian and global library community. This paper discusses this national library's history of bilingual cataloging, the reason for the changes, and the attempt to ensure that the two files "talk" to each other.