Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)
Artigos

Authority Control at the National Library of Brazil: brief history and current practices

Luciana Grings
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional

Published 2016-06-23

Keywords

  • Authority control. National Library (Brazil). Headings. Information retrieval.

How to Cite

Grings, L. (2016). Authority Control at the National Library of Brazil: brief history and current practices. Revista Brasileira De Biblioteconomia E Documentação, 11(2), 139–154. Retrieved from https://rbbd.febab.org.br/rbbd/article/view/433

Abstract

Introduces the concept of authority and its history in Library Science. Raises the importance of authority control for making a bibliographic record. Discusses the history of authority control at the National Library of Brazil, from the beginnings to current practices, which are described