OLAC Best Practice for authorized access point for work
Prerecording
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Recording a structured description
Base authorized access points for work
Format of base authorized access points for work
Additional elements and designations in authorized access points for work
Additional elements and designations in authorized access points for work
When a preferred title conflicts with the
title of another resource, additions must be made to the preferred title to create
the authorized access point. Follow instructions in the
LC-PCC MGD: Work: Access point for work: Constructing access points for
works
. When using an authorized access point for expression to show relationships
between resources, select an applicable relationship element to record all
resource-to-resource relationships when those relationships are clear.
Additional elements for creator of work
Single works
Aggregating works
Compilation of works by two or more agents
Works of uncertain or unknown origin
Data provenance
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
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Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-1636a76c-3322-3de7-aa86-9553355f0e8a