I'd much rather have the headings link to browse lists of authorized headings, and ultimately resources, in our catalog (which our Horizon system does). I'd also like to be able to display scope notes in those lists (I suppose some systems do that). I do like the idea of adding 856 tags leading to useful biographical info for personal names, etc.
Michael Mitchell
Technical Services Librarian
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, TX
michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu
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Subject: [NGC4LIB] Linking headings in bib records to other resources
Dear NGC4LIB readers,
Jimmie Lundgren said in a recent post "Another useful navigation tool ... is the ability to click on headings in displayed records to retrieve other records with those headings." As is widely known, in OCLC WorldCat you can click on headings in bibliographic records to retrieve the authority record, if the heading has been "controlled." ("Control" in this context appears to be equivalent to "link.")
Has anyone developed functionality to link headings in bibliographic records, not to an authority record, but to an outside source that provides further information? For example: A personal name heading might be linked to an online biographical resource about that person.
- Ian
Ian Fairclough
George Mason University
ifairclough43302_at_yahoo.com
703-993-2938 (office)
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