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   What is the virtual international authority file (VIAF)?

   • The Virtual International Authority File ( VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Discussions about having a joint international authority started in the late 1990s.

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   What is A VIAF ® OCLC-hosted name authority file?

   • The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web.

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   What is a virtual authority file?

   • It is a way to standardize information from different authority files around the world such as the Integrated Authority File (GND) maintained and used cooperatively by many libraries in German-speaking countries and the United States Library of Congress. The idea is to create a single worldwide virtual authority file.

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   When did IFLA start linking authority records?

   • The United States Library of Congress, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and OCLC began a proof-of-concept project to link their authority records in April 1998. After four years of testing authority file linking, this group formed the VIAF Consortium at the 69th IFLA General Conference in August 2003.

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   The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).

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   VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File. The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making ...

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   The VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) service provides libraries and library users with convenient access to the world’s major name authority files. VIAF Contributors regularly supply authority data that VIAF matches, links, and groups.

5. www.oclc.org › research › activitiesVIAF (The Virtual International Authority File) - OCLC

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   The Appendices list the "noise titles", country codes, occupation codes, and name synonyms, as well as an overview of the processing done from each source. VIAF explores virtually combining the name authority files of national level authority files into a single name authority service.

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   The Virtual International Authority File ( VIAF) is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). [1] History. In 1998, the project was started by the German National Library and the U.S. Library of Congress. [2] In 2003, VIAF was established. [2]

   English-language Name	Native-language Name (if Non-english)	Location	Country
   Central Institute for the Union Catalogue ...	Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico	Rome	Italy
   German National Library	Deutsche Nationalbibliothek	Frankfurt	Germany
   Getty Research Institute	–	Los Angeles, California	United States
   Library and Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Ottawa, Ontario	Canada

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7. viaf.org › viaf › dataVIAF Dataset - Virtual International Authority File

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   Data Source. VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) is an OCLC service -- built in cooperation with national libraries and other partners -- that virtually combines multiple LAM (Library Archives Museum) name authority files into a single name authority service.

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   KANTO – National Agent Data (finaf), authority file for persons and corporate bodies. LCCN – Library of Congress Control Number; NDL – National Diet Library; VIAF – Virtual International Authority File, an aggregation of authority files currently focused on personal and corporate names. WorldCat/identities