香港中文名称规范数据库Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name

香港中文名稱規範數據庫HongKongChineseAuthorityNameJULAC-HKCANSamsonSoong,Ph.D.Chair,JULACBibliographicServicesCommitteeUniversityLibrarian,HKUSTMay10,2007Outline•WhyHKCANisneeded•HongKongChineseAuthorityWorkgroup•HKCAN’smission•Someimportantdevelopments•KeybenefitsandfuturedevelopmentsWhyHKCANisneededHKisabilingualsocietyManyauthorspublishinbothChinese&EnglishSomeProblemsofusingLCNameAuthorityAllChineseheadingsareinromanizedformonly,i.e.nocorrespondingChinesescriptsPhonetictransliterationpresentsNOmorphologicalmeaningSomeProblemsofUsingLCNameAuthorityChen,Li.陳力陈丽陳立陳理陈莉陈黎陈鸝陈莅陳櫟谌丽陳礪晨立諶麗陈利…….SomeProblemsofUsingLCNameAuthorityDifferentWaystoRepresentNamesorTitles,e.g.Chineseemperor’stitlesGenghisKhanandNOT成吉思汗(Chengjisihan)WuhouandNOT武则天(WuZetian)SomeProblemsofUsingLCNameAuthorityDifferentformsofnamesindifferentpublications,e.g.schoolname,studioname,officialname,courtesyname,templename,penname,etc.e.g.劉紹銘(LiuShaoming)Lau,JosephS.M.WhyHKCANisneededDifferentlibrarieschoosedifferentauthoritativeformsforanameWade-GilesPinyinChinesescriptsUrgentNeedforaHongKongAuthorityFileinaNetworkedEnvironmentHKCANWorkgroupInJanuary1999,agroupofacademiclibrariesinHongKongagreedtosetupamongthemselvestheHongKongChineseAuthority(Name)(HKCAN)WorkgroupforestablishingauniondatabasethatwouldreflecttheuniquecharacteristicsoftheChineseauthorsandorganizationalnames.ThisprojectwasspearheadedbybothLingnanandCUHKLibraries.HKCAN'sMissionWithagoalmodeledaftertheProgrammeforCooperativeCataloguing(PCC),theHKCANWorkgroupaimstoimproveandstreamlineauthority-controloperations,inordertomakethemBetter,Faster,andCheaperwhileproducingMore.SomeImportantDevelopmentsDec2000MostmemberlibrariescompletedtheirPinyinconversionprojectsFeb-May2001Memberlibrariessubmittedtheirupdated/convertedrecordstoHKCANSept2001CUHK/Hostinstituteagreedtoberesponsibleforquality/standardassuranceSept-Nov2001DuplicationremovalFeb2002OnlinerecordcreationbeganSomeImportantDevelopmentsJan2003LCbecameatrialuserofHKCANMarch2003LCbegantouseHKCANasasourceMay2003JULACestablishedBSCasanewsubcommitteeandHKCANaspecialprojectwithinitJuly2003RitaWongofCUHKwasnamedtheChairofHKCANAug2003One-stopsearchingofmultiplenameauthoritydatabaseswastestedSept2003AnXML-basedwebinterfacewaslaunchedSomeImportantDevelopments2004ChinesecharactersstoredinUnicodeUTF-8MARCrecordsalsostoredwithEACCcodeAdheretoMARCXMLschemaFullyintegratedwithInnopac2004One-stopsearchofmulipledatabaseswebpagefinalizedJuly2005OCLCandJULACreachedanagreementtomakeHKCANavailabletoOCLClibrariesSomeImportantDevelopmentsTotalno.ofrecordscontributedbymembers:231,289Totalno.ofrecordsafterde-duplication:164,637OCLCContributionNo.ofrecordssentasofMarch2007:141,600HKCANrecordslefttobesent:23,037KeyBenefitsandFutureDevelopmentsPromotecollaborationandsharingamongMainlandChina,HongKong,andTaiwanEnhanceChinesenameauthorityworkdonebylibrariesintheregionandtherestoftheworldThankYou!