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Any Name Heading, Series Title, or Subject Heading that shows (or any controlled headings, for music-related items) that appear as unauthorized in Sirsi should be searched for in OCLC Connexion. Any unauthorized entries in Bibliographic records for Music should be checked (*addition of Name/Title entries).added to our database.

Create an Authority Record file for Export

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Here are the equivalent MARC codes and the corresponding equivalent Authority Types:

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1. Open and Log on to Sirsi
2. Click on the Utilities wizard
3. Under the Common Tasks list, choose MARC Import
   1. File type: Marc
   2. Source: your .dat file (type in the filename or use the diamond icon to browse to your file (many people use prism.dat as their filename))
   3. Destination: your personal report filename(example: 00jdm)
      
4. Click the import button
5. You will be asked if the diskette is ready. Click Yes. <-- This annoyance is gone in the next version of Sirsi!
6. You will then be asked if there are any more files to upload. Click No.
   1. The report log will then display
7. Click on the Reports wizard
8. Under the Common Tasks list, click on Schedule New Reports
9. Under the Authority tab, select Load Authority Records and double-click it or click on the Setup & Schedule button
10. Choose the Authority Data File tab
    1. Authority file: this is your personal report filename (example: 00jdm)
    2. Mode: Create (or Create and Update)
    3. Date cataloged: today's date
    4. Check for subfield 5 on overlay?: unchecked
11. Click the Run Now button.
12. Click on the Display Finished Reports button or navigate to the Finished Reports window (Reports > Finished Reports)
    1. If you do not see your Load Authority Records report, click on the Refresh Report List button (located at the top of the page) until it appears on the list
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1. 1. #Verify the results of the Load Authority Records report
   2. Double-click on the Load Authority Records report
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   1. or click on the View button
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   1. The Finished Reports: View Finished Reports dialog window will pop up
      1. View log: checked
      2. View result: checked
      3. Format report: checked

to view the current Load Authority Reports. This will show you if you any of the authority records that you exported did not load correctly. If one did not load correctly, you will see something similar to this in the view report

**Entry ID not found in formatEntry number: 46; format CORPORATE
** * DOCUMENT BOUNDARY * **
FORM=CORPORATE

with the authority record printed right after it. The error records will also be listed before this information

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