Hi all, Here's the current state of BiblioAddsAuthorities and AutoCreateAuthorities: 1. You can manually input text into an authority controlled field if BiblioAddsAuthorities is enabled. 2. Automatic linking between bib records and authority records *only* happens if BiblioAddsAuthorities is enabled. 3. AutoCreateAuthorities will automatically generate authorities if BiblioAddsAuthorities is enabled. I think that this all makes sense when manually inputting records, but it doesn't make sense when you're using automation like Z39.50, Staged MARC Upload, or other bulk tools. In those cases, you might want automatic linking between bibs and authorities (with or without automatic authority creation), but you might still want authority controlled fields to be read-only when manually working with records. I am wondering if anyone else has any insight into this. In my mind, BiblioAddsAuthorities should probably be "BiblioAddsAuthorities" and "BiblioAutolinkAuthorities". Or maybe the "read-only" flag could be on MARC frameworks... I'm waiting to see what some librarians say, but keen to gather ideas. David Cook Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595