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The Linked Systems Project Provides Current Access To Authority Information, Nita Dean, Karen S. Calhoun
The Linked Systems Project Provides Current Access To Authority Information, Nita Dean, Karen S. Calhoun
Karen S Calhoun
In 1985, the first computer-to-computer distribution of name authority records for cataloging was made through the Linked Systems Project (LSP), a networking tool that links the computer systems of the Library of Congress, the Research Libraries Group (RLG), and OCLC. Since then, two other LSP capabilities-record contribution and intersystem searching-have been implemented, providing the means for national sharing of name authority data among diverse systems.