Authority Control in the Academic Context: A Hobson’s Choice

This paper presents a case study of a shared authority control system in Tuscany, Italy, involving academic libraries, the Central National Library of Florence, and civic and provincial libraries. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: Website: © 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]