Ed, Could you make a distributed solution work? We have a search service available at http://alcme.oclc.org/eprintsUK/index.html. (Currently, it only includes LC name authorities only.) Perhaps we could add COinS of some sort to allow you to link back into your system. Jeff > On 5/25/06, Edward Corrado <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I have been asked to set up an Open Source ILS for someone who is > > teaching a cataloging class this summer. One of the things she was > > hoping to be able to do with it is have students work with MARC > > Authority records. I can't find any evidence that any of the currently > > available [1] Open ILS systems use MARC Authority records [2]. Does > > anyone know of one that does? Maybe I'm missing something. > > > > Ed C. > > > > > > [1] A 2002 article in Information Today > > (http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=9975) mentions > > that the LearningAccess ILS uses MARC Authority records, but I went to > > there website and didn't see any evidence that this product was still an > > Open Source program (and also I didn't see no way to download it). I > > will probably contact them separately if I can't find another system to > use. > > > > [2] It appears that Evergreen will use MARC Authority records, but the > > wiki says "authority control in marc editor" is still on the to-do > > list*"**** > > *