Using OpenRefine's Reconciliation to Validate Local Authority Headings |
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Authors: | Scott Carlson Amber Seely |
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Affiliation: | 1. Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA;2. Harris County Public Library, Houston, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | In 2015, the Cataloging and Metadata Services department of Rice University's Fondren Library developed a process to reconcile four years of authority headings against an internally developed thesaurus. With a goal of immediate cleanup as well as an ongoing maintenance procedure, staff developed a “hack” of OpenRefine's normal Reconciliation function that ultimately yielded 99.6% authority reconciliation and a stable process for monthly data verification. |
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Keywords: | Data reconciliation authority control thesauri OpenRefine digital archives linked data |
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