Keywords
Digital Collections, Digital Archives, Charles Savage, metadata, library
Abstract
Value of name authority control:
- Easier searching for known names
- Make searching more predictable
- Consistency of records
- Organize and collocate information
- Efficiency for metadata creators
- Easier to maintain data over time
- Less errors in data
- Differentiate similar names
- Provide context for names
Original Publication Citation
Neatrour, A. and Myntti, J. "The Western Name Authority File: Improving Access for Digital Collections and Archives." Utah Symposium on Digital Humanities. February 11, 2017. Salt Lake City, UT. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/file?id=1283551
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Myntti, Jeremy and Neatrour, Anna, "The Western Name Authority File: Improving Access for Digital Collections and Archives" (2017). Faculty Publications. 6407.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6407
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2017-02-11
Publisher
University of Utah
Language
English
College
Harold B. Lee Library
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