Each time you change an authority heading, Horizon automatically updates all bib records that are associated with that authority record. Horizon lets you change several similar authority headings at a time to make them all contain the same information.
For example, with one step, you can change subject headings like these:
• | Painting, Shinto |
• | Painting, Shinto ‑ Japan |
To the Library of Congress standard:
• | Shinto Painting |
• | Shinto Painting ‑ Japan |
This is called globally changing authority headings.
Only authority records for which you have sufficient rights (even if ownership is listed with someone else) change when you use global change. Horizon reports the authority records that do not change. This lets you contact your system administrator to extend your rights or change those records that you cannot change.
The rights on the associated bib records do not affect this function.
To globally change authority headings
1 | Start the New Search process. |
The default location of this process is the Searching folder on the navigation bar.
Horizon displays the Search window:
2 | Search for the authority records that you want to change. (For instructions, see Using Staff Searching to Find an Authority Record.) |
Note: To conduct an authority search, you need to use authority search indexes, such as Subject Keyword, Author Alphabetical, Subject Alphabetical, or Series Alphabetical.
3 | In the search results window, highlight all the authorities that you want to change. |
4 | Choose Edit, Send to, or click the Send to icon ( ![]() |
Horizon displays the Send to dialog box:
5 | Highlight Global Auth Change. |
6 | Click OK. |
Horizon displays the Global Heading Change dialog box:
7 | In the Change From field, enter the part of the heading that you want to change. |
The field is case‑sensitive. Enter information exactly as it displays in a search results window.
8 | In the Change To field, enter the new information. |
The field is case‑sensitive. Enter information exactly as you want it to display in a search results window.
9 | Click Start. |
The color bar in the Change Status group lengthens as Horizon searches for the authorities that you specified. As the search progresses, Horizon displays the number of authorities that are read, the number that match your request, and the number that are changed.
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