Editing a Combined Authority Record

When you edit the author of a combined authority record, you must edit two separate records: the combined record itself, and the authority record that links to the bib record. This is because the 1XX tag in the combined authority record pulls its information from the bib record, not from the actual author authority record. Horizon does not link the combined authority record to the author authority.

If you want to edit the title of a combined authority record, you need to edit only the combined record. Editing the combined authority record updates the bib record 24X tag.

If you edit either the 24X tag or the 1XX tag in the bib record, you break the original link and either create an entirely new authority-controlled record or link to a different existing authority-controlled record.

For instructions on editing tags, see Editing Information in a MARC Record.

SirsiDynix recommends that you use the global change feature in Horizon to edit both authority headings at the same time. (For more information, see Globally Changing Authority Headings.)

 


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