Choosing the Default Authority Link Type

When you choose a default authority link type, Horizon uses it to help determine when to link authority records to other appropriate records. (For example, if you choose Never Link, Horizon saves the text you enter in an authority link tag without trying to find a link for the record in your database. This lets junior personnel make entries now, while letting senior staff members change the link status and link the text later.) If you change a default authority link type, it affects only the bib-to-authority linking tags that you create after you make the change. Any record already created retains the linking types it had when it was created. (In some cases, these types may display as “unknown.”)

You choose a default authority link type whether or not you choose Automatic Linking. If you choose Never Link, authority records never link even if you choose Automatic Linking.

You can change the link type for a single link any time before you save the record containing the link tag. You do this by choosing Edit, Link Options, Authority Link Type from the menu bar, and then choosing one of the link types in the drop‑down menu. If you find that you often override the default to use the same link type, you might want to change your default link type.

For more information about link types and linking, see Linking Authority‑Controlled Records to Bib Records.

To choose the default authority link type

1 In the Customize Editor, click the General tab. (For instructions, see Opening the Customize Editor.)

Horizon displays the General tab of the Customize Editor:

2 In the Linking group, mark the type of authority record link that you want to use as the default:
Always Link. Links the bib record to an existing authority record in your database. If an authority record does not exist, Horizon creates one.
Link On Match. Links the bib record to an existing authority record in your database. If a matching authority record does not exist, Horizon does not create one. Later, if you create a matching authority record, Horizon creates the link when you save the record.
Never Link. Horizon does not link the bib record to an authority record, whether or not a matching authority record exists in your database.
3 Click OK to save your changes.

 


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