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

In a statement, Hull City Council confirmed that Mr Hardie was also employed at Newland School for Girls in 2014 and 2015 while under local authority control, before the school became an academy in 2017.

From BBC

A National Education Union spokesperson said it reflected a "deeper problem" and called for all Ubat schools to be returned to local authority control.

From BBC

Calling for all Ubat schools to be returned to local authority control, a National Education Union spokesperson said: "Financial mismanagement, lack of transparency and insufficient funding of frontline services have damaged Ubat schools and made our members' jobs harder."

From BBC

Despite having fiercely criticised the 1993 Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians, Mr Netanyahu signed a deal handing over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian Authority control and agreed to further withdrawals from the occupied West Bank, to much opprobrium from the right.

From BBC

The artifact had no provenance - paperwork detailing where it came from and how it had entered the dealer’s inventory - but Chaya said the object was from the West Bank town of El-Koum, which is under Palestinian Authority control.

From Washington Times