Add Homosaurus to Alma Authority Vocabularies
We would like to suggest adding Homosaurus, an international LGBTQ+ linked data vocabulary to the authority vocabularies in the resource management configuration. The vocabulary is available at https://homosaurus.org/
Homosaurus has received a lot of traction in the past few years as alternative to LCSH for describing resources about the LGBTQ+ community. We add the terms at present in a 650 _7 $a heading $2 homoit.
Adding Homosaurus to the authority vocabularies would help greatly in on-going authority control, rather than managing locally.
Shay Beezley
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Anonymous
commented
It appears that Homosaurus is linking for 650, but not for 655? Can it be added for the 655 field as well?
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AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
commented
Hello,
Thank you for this valuable feedback.
We have fixed this issue, and now the vocabulary can be used with the correct code. Please be advised that you will need to delete the records and then use the fixed code.
Kind regards,
Tamar -
Shay Beezley
commented
Hi, Tamar, I sent you these comments in an email, but I wanted to make sure the community was aware of this catch:
I did some playing around in the MDE and found that Homosaurus terms will only validate with $2 mabohom – what was the rationale for using a code different than the already existing code $2 homoit? I am concerned for two reasons: a) we now have to go through anything we added Homosaurus terms to and update the code from homoit to mabohom and b) we also use the Connexion macro where it auto-generates the $2 homoit for any Homosaurus terms applied in Connexion before exporting the record to Alma.
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AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
commented
Hello,
We are delighted to announce that Homosaurus is now available in Alma CZ.
This is the first time we used a newly developed workflow that converts XML to MARC, we would be happy to hear your feedback either here in this idea's thread, or directly to me
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com
Thanks,
Tamar -
AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
commented
Hello,
We encountered some technical difficulties, so unfortunately adding Homosaurus will take longer than expected.
It will be added during January 2024, I apologize for the delay.
Kind regards,
Tamar -
Shay Beezley
commented
Great news, Tamor! Thank you to everyone involved for making this happen.
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David Norris
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Adding Homosaurus would be beneficial for everyone, catalogers and users alike. To be able to authorize headings and link to other vocabularies, not to mention having updates to headings (such as migrating from v2 to v3 of Homosaurus vocab) managed within Alma would be a fantastic tool.