Authority vendor information – Marcive, Inc.

The IFLS Library system currently utilizes Marcive, Inc. as an authority control vendor. In addition to providing new and updated authority records each month, Marcive provides bibliographic record enhancement and RDA conversions in the form of title statements, imprint information, physical description, authorized access points, and the addition of reading notes in the form of Accelerated Reader and Lexile Framework for Reading.

For more specifics on services that Marcive provides, please see the current authority control profile: IFLS MARCIVE updated profile 4-2024

On the first Friday of each month, MORE staff compile a list of bibliographic records to send to Marcive in order to provide the following services:

• Overnight Authorities ……….. authority control for new bibliographic records
• Notification Service ………….. ongoing authority file maintenance
• NewMatch ………………………. finding new authorities for previously unmatched access points
• RDACS ……………………………… Resource & Description Access Conversion Service

MORE staff will sent out email alerts regarding the sending of files to Marcive and any other information to the following MORE email lists:

• Morebib – MORE Bibliographic Records and Standards Committee members
• Morecat – Cataloging Partners and MORE Cataloging staff

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