3.4 Overview to Shared Catalogs

A single catalog may share authority files with other catalogs. These other catalogs are typically other libraries under some type of umbrella organization: a library consortium, multiple campuses, or a corporation with many affiliates. The following authorities are shared: 
    - MARC bibliographic records and all minor authorities, e.g., 
  
          o  all fixed field authorities such as the leader 06, 
             Type of record, a = Language material, etc.  
  
          o  all indicator values, e.g., 650 indicator 2, 
             Subject heading system/thesaurus, 
             0 = Library of Congress Subject Headings, etc.  
  
          o  all subfield authorities, e.g., 042, 
             Authentication Code, subfield a, 
             dc = Dublin Core, etc.  
  
    - Name authorities;  
  
    - Subject authorities.

This window specifies which catalogs are shared and their database locations. Documentation for creating additional databases is located elsewhere.

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