<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Dear
ArchivesSpace Community,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">We are about
to undertake a project to normalize our names and subjects in ArchivesSpace
Agent and Subject records and synchronize the ArchivesSapce records with our OPAC records (we hope). In the coming year, we also plan to
use the Authority IDs to facilitate linking people and corporate bodies through the EAC records created in ArchivesSpace. We are uncertain about the use
of the Authority ID fields in Aspace subjects and agents. We see two
options:</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"></p><ul><li><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Enter the ID only, and allow the source drop-down
[LCSH, AAT, TGM, local, etc.] to direct the appropriate link root that might
be programmatically (magically?) added later (after export?)</span><br></li><li><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Enter the URI for the subject/agent making it
actionable upon export without programmatic intervention</span><br></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Maybe I'm
overthinking it and we simple enter the ID only (as we might in a MARC record),
but I see options. For example, to
create an entry for "Atomic bomb—Safety measures" in ArchivesSpace,
based on Library of Congress authorities, would you enter:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>sh85009313</b> (ID only)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(49,133,156)"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(49,133,156)"><span style="color:rgb(49,133,156)"><a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009313.html">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009313.html</a></span></span></b>
(URI - unique identifier linking to the LC linked open data project)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(49,133,156)"><span style="color:rgb(49,133,156)"><a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/sh85009313">http://lccn.loc.gov/sh85009313</a> </span></span></b>(URL - persistent link to LC authority record)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">I'm writing
to ask<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Do the developers of ASpace have plans for EAC
or MARC export that expects the ID only or the entire link? If so, which link? URI?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2. How are others in the ASpace community using the
Authority ID field?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Thanks,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Cyndi Shein </div><div>Head, Special Collections Technical Services</div><div>University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas</div><div><a href="mailto:cyndi.shein@unlv.edu" target="_blank">cyndi.shein@unlv.edu</a> (702) 895-2223</div></div></div></div>
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