[Web4lib] Wikipedia, The Library of Congress authority records and The British Library

[Tim Spalding]

My favorite use of Wikipedia and Google by the LC is their LCSH for
"Strap-on Sex." The authorities file reads:

670	 __ |a Wikipedia, Aug. 30, 2007 |b (strap-on dildo)
670	 __ |a LC database, Aug. 30, 2007 |b (strap-on sex)
670	 __ |a Google search, Aug. 30, 2007 |b (strap-on sex; strap-on dildo sex)

Apparently an LC cataloger put "strap-on sex" into Google and got
results. You can find anything on the internet these days! ;)

Tim

On 12/10/07, Chris Tinney <vctinney at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Wikipedia, The Library of Congress authority records and The British Library
>
> The British Library, "The world's knowledge",
> among other things, uses Wikipedia directly,
> at: The Web Archiving Programme.
> http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/digi/webarch/
>   "The Web Archiving Programme has been set up to:
>
>   put in place systems that enable the British Library
> to become the point of first resort for anyone who
> wants to access a comprehensive archive of material
> from the UK Web domain".  I note on External links:
> Wikipedia: Web Crawler
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_crawler
>
> Respectfully yours,
>
> Tom Tinney, Sr.
> Who's Who in America,
> Millennium Edition [54th] through 2004
> Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]
> Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory
> http://www.academic-genealogy.com/
>
> Thomas Zimoski <tzimoski at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Maybe this is common knowledge but both Wikipedia and the Internet
> Movie Database, among other internet resources, are cited in Library
> of Congress author authority records (authorities.loc.gov).
> Perhaps this says something about their increasing acceptance.
>
> For example:
>
> 100 1_ |a Bergman, Ingmar, |d 1918-2007
> 400 1_ |a Bergman, Ernst Ingmar, |d 1918-2007
> 400 1_ |a Eriksson, Buntel, |d 1918-2007
> 670 __ |a His Moraliteter ... 1948.
> 670 __ |a Persona, c2000: |b credits (director/writer, Ingmar Bergman)
> 670 __ |a Internet movie database, Dec. 3, 2001 |b (Ingmar Bergman;
> birth name: Ernst Ingmar Bergman; b. July 14, 1918 in Uppsala, Sweden;
> sometimes credited as: Buntel Eriksson; writer director, actor,
> producer, cinematographer)
> 670 __ |a Wikipedia, July 30, 2007 |b (Ingmar Bergman; b. Ernst Ingmar
> Bergman, July 14, 1918, Uppsala, Sweden; d. July 30, 2007, Fårö,
> Sweden)
> 670 __ |a New York times online, July 30, 2007 |b (d. July 30, 2007)
>
>
> Tom Zimoski
> Fresno, CA
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