On 10/11/2021 1:54 PM, Teresa Weisser wrote:

> I have seen this happen intermittently from time to time,
> particularly with LC Name Authorities, occasionally with subjects
> too.  I have noticed that, if I try to check the headings manually in
> the LC Authority files during the same timeframe that the report
> comes back with many incorrectly invalid headings, access to the
> Authority file seems to be running slowly.  Is there is a timeout
> feature in MarcEdit if the authority file doesn't respond?  I have
> tried re-running the report later and have had success doing that.

I get these false negatives fairly regularly too. Once a month when I 
load Kanopy and Films on Demand records I check the headings first, and 
there are usually at least a couple per batch that fail for no reason I 
can see because they're identical to the authorized heading.

I've also noticed it can fail on headings that are only capital letters, 
e.g.

150 ## DNA

and have wondered if maybe there's a technical reason for that.

-- 
Lisa Hatt
Cataloging | De Anza College Library
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