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*"****
> > *