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BACKGROUND
Alma has an automated authority control component. It will attempt to link every access point to an authority record. We have done quite a bit of testing of this function, and it works well about 98% of the time. This function will be really helpful in keeping our headings up to date. For example, we currently use MARS to inform us when a death date has been added to an author. We then have to go into Aleph and correct hundreds of headings either manually, or in small batches. With Alma, if an authority changes, all our corresponding bibliographic headings will automatically change.
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