We have been busy adding new files to the Virtual International Authority File, streamlining our handling of files, adding new features and getting that last bug out of the system.
Currently we are loading personal name records from 16 different authority files:
Bibliothèque nationale de France
National Library of the Czech Republic
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
National Library of Israel
Library of Congress
National Library of Sweden
National Library of Australia
Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)
Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico (Italy)
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Swiss National Library
Vatican Library
That may look like only 13 files, but Israel has four authority files based on the script of the names. Some of the files are still small test files, but should be full files soon.
We still have lots of work to do, both in the interface and in the record matching, but we are pleased with what we have accomplished so far.
--Th