authority control

American  

noun

Library Science.

1. the establishment and maintainance of consistent forms of terms, as of names, subjects, and titles, to be used as headings in bibliographic records.

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Example Sentences

Something similar happened to California in 2006, when a federal judge gave an outside authority control over the mental health system in its state prisons.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2020

In 1999, Mr. Alemán, the first canal administrator, had helped secure passage of a law giving the canal authority control over the western watershed, where dams could create a new reservoir.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2016

It was authored by a Home Office advisory committee and set out how hundreds of new homes should be brought under local authority control.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2014

The 1988 Education Act brought in city technology colleges and grant-maintained schools, free of local authority control.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2013

The degree of authority, control or administration to be exercised by the mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.

From Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements by Lord, Frank B.