Please reply to cpso@mail.loc.gov , not to SERIALST.  Thanks.  --ed.

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
          --------------------------
          AUTHOR: JUDITH A KUHAGEN
          ---------------------------

          This message is being posted to AUTOCAT, COOPCAT, and SERIALST:

          The Cooperative Cataloging Council Task Group  on  670  Field  in
          Name  and Series Authority Records is interested in knowing which
          libraries have  software programs  to  generate authority records
          from bibliographic records  or  which libraries'  OPACs  generate
          authority records  from bibliographic records.  If  your  library
          has either, the  group would appreciate a  brief response to  the
          questions below by May 26.

          *  * Please DO  NOT SEND your response to this list --- send your
          response to cpso@mail.loc.gov.*

          Thanks, Donna Collins (NAL), Ana Cristan (LC),  and  Judy Kuhagen
          (LC)

          1.  Does your program or OPAC generate authority records only for
          name headings?      Only for series headings?      For both?

          2.  Is the authority record created at  the time of cataloging or
          as a post-cataloging activity?

          3. Is a 670 field created?

               (a) If "yes," what elements are given in the 670 field?

               (b)  If "no," how often has the lack of  a  670 field caused
               problems later for identifiction or conflict resolution?

          4.  If  information  is  readily available,  how  many  authority
          records are created each year?

          5. What program do you use?

          6. Your name and phone number:

           Remember to send your response to cpso@mail.loc.gov