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== About Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN) ==

== About Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN) ==

Since 2018, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has created its name authority records in OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) integrated library management system. The English-language authority records are created in the LC/NACO file of the [https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/ Name Authority Cooperative Program]. The French-language authority records are created in the Canadiana file which has been governed by the Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN) since the spring of 2020. For more information, please contact [Mailto:bac.pfan-fnap.lac@canada.ca bac.pfan-fnap.lac@canada.ca].  

 

Established in 2020 by [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx Library and Archives Canada], [https://www.banq.qc.ca/accueil/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec] and 15 Quebec francophone libraries from the [https://biblios-uni-qc.org/ Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires québécoises], the Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN) is the programme by which participating institutions contribute to the [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/canadiana/canadiana-authorities/Pages/canadiana-authorities.aspx Canadiana name authority file] by supplying authority records for agents, places, works and expressions.

 

For more information about the creation of PFAN, please consult the [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/publications/signatures/Pages/signatures-fall-winter-2020.aspx?wbdisable=true#art07 article by Bernard Bérubé and Nathalie Mainville] published in the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of Signatures, the magazine of Library and Archives Canada, or please contact [Mailto:bac.pfan-fnap.lac@canada.ca bac.pfan-fnap.lac@canada.ca].  

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