PFAN - Francophone Name Authority Program
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About Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN)
Established in 2020 by Library and Archives Canada, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and 15 Quebec francophone libraries from the Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec, the Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN) is the programme by which participating institutions contribute to the Canadiana name authority file by supplying authority records for agents, places, works and expressions.
For more information about PFAN, please visit the Communications section or contact pfan-fnap@bac-lac.gc.ca.
General Principles
- The Canadiana name authority file is hosted by OCLC.
- There is only one French authority file in WMS, Canadiana.
- Contributions of authority records in the Canadiana file by participants of the program must be performed using the WorldShare Record Manager service using the WMS platform.
- The governance of the program is ensured by a Steering Committee, and the standards and practices are stipulated by the Standards Committee.
- The PFAN standards and practices guide the creation of authorities and are based on those created by NACO. These are available in French. Libraries participating in the program commit to following the rules for contributions devised by the Standards Committee.
- Participating libraries are responsible for training their staff and could be called upon to validate the quality of authority records contributed by other member libraries.
- PFAN is open to all French-language partners according to the established criteria.
- This file is created collaboratively and the authority records must be free of local practices.
- A new partner cannot batch load authority records from their local file even if these are unique.
- Membership is free.
Last update: 2023-04-18
PFAN eligibility criteria [New]
- Be a French-language institution or library
- An institution that serves a French-speaking community and has the capacity to participate in the program in French
- Not be a fee-for-service institution or agency
- Be able to create name authority records
- Be able to create authority records in MARC21 format
- Be committed to following the policies established by the PFAN and the standards issued by the Standards Committee
- Have a subscription to an OCLC product for authority processing
- Subscription to the RDA Toolkit
Last update: 2023-09-20
Expectations of new members [New]
Share the following values:
- Working for the user
- Work collaboratively
- Value commitments
- Reconcile institutional and collective interests
Commit to:
- Respect the general principles
- Harmonize local practices with those of PFAN
- Participate in PFAN committees in French
- Assume part of the development costs, if necessary (no membership fees are charged)
Last update: 2023-09-20
Steering Committee
Mandate
[PDF, 48 Ko] (Versions)
Last update: 2020-12-08
Membership
- Isabelle Dallaire, HEC Montréal, 2022-
- Thi Bao Tran Phan, Library and Archives Canada, 2022-
- Danielle Poirier, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2019-
| Julie Cardinal, Université de Montréal, 2019-2022 |
| Caitlin Horrall, Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 2019-2022 |
Last update: 2023-03-31
Planning
2020-2022 [PDF, 62 Ko] (Versions)
Last update: 2021-07-15
Standards Committee
Mandate
[PDF, 74 Ko] (Versions)
Last update: 2021-07-28
Membership
- Bernard Bérubé, Library and Archives Canada, 2019-
- Philippe Brosseau, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2019-
- Izidor Cirnatiu, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2019-
- Julie Gauthier, Université Laval, 2019-
- Marie-Chantal L'Écuyer-Coelho, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, co-chair, 2024-
- Bernard Lemieux, Université de Montréal, 2023-
- Nathalie Mainville, Library and Archives Canada, co-chair, 2019-
| Philippe Brosseau, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2019-2023 |
| Daniel Paradis, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, co-chair, 2019-2024. |
Last update: 2024-10-09
Participating Libraries
* Note that the abbreviations "BAC" and "BAnQ" are not preceded by an article. For example, "Fichier interne de BAnQ" and not "Fichier interne de la BAnQ".
| Institution | Symbol | Abbreviation to use in field 670 |
Name of person responding on behalf of the institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | CaOONL | BAC* | Nathalie Mainville |
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | CaQMBN | BAnQ* | Daniel Paradis |
| École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) | CaQQUQEN | ENAP | Julie Hardy |
| HEC Montréal | CaQMHE | HEC | Isabelle Dallaire |
| Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) | CaQQINRS | INRS | Anne Robitaille |
| Polytechnique Montréal | CaQMEP | PolyMtl | Irina Gherasim |
| Université TÉLUQ | CaQQUQT | TÉLUQ | Bahija Talal |
| Université de Montréal | CaQMU | UdeM | Pierre-Étienne Lépine |
| Université de Sherbrooke | CaQSHERU | UdeS | Troy Pouliot |
| Université Laval | CaQQLA | ULaval | Julie Gauthier |
| Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) | CaQCU | UQAC | Louise Dumais |
| Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | CaQMUQ | UQAM | Philippe Brosseau |
| Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) | CaQRU | UQAR | Suzie Pelletier |
| Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) | CaQRUQR | UQAT | Camée Toupin-Lefebvre |
| Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) | CaQHU | UQO | Samuel Ouellette |
| Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) | CaQTU | UQTR | Lucie Hamelin |
| École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) | CaQMUQET | ÉTS | To be determined |
Last update: 2023-05-05
Communications
| Year | Title | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | First Steps for the Francophone Name Authority Program | Bernard Bérubé Nathalie Mainville |
Article published in Signatures, Fall-Winter 2020, p. 12-13. |
| 2020 | Programme francophone des autorités de noms (PFAN) | Julie Cardinal Caitlin Horrall Danielle Poirier |
Presentation given at the Congrès des professionnel·le·s de l'information, Fall 2020. |
| 2021 | Le Programme francophone des autorités de nom prend forme | Catherine Couturier | Article published on Affaires universitaires webpage, 20 may 2021. |
| 2021 | First Steps for the Francophone Name Authority Program | Bernard Bérubé Nathalie Mainville |
Article published in Metadata Newsletter, June 2021, p. 14-15. |
| 2021 | The Francophone Name Authority Program | Julie Cardinal Caitlin Horrall Danielle Poirier |
Presentation given to ALA'S Authority Control Interest Group, July 2021. |
| 2022 | Le Programme francophone des autorités de noms : une collaboration prometteuse | Julie Cardinal | Article published in Documentation et bibliothèques, vol. 68, no 3 (juillet-septembre 2022), p. 5-13. |
| 2023 | Programme francophone des autorités de noms (PFAN) | Julie Cardinal Thi Bao Tran Phan Danielle Poirier |
Presentation given to the congrès de l'Association internationale francophone des bibliothécaires et documentalistes (AIFBD), August 2023. |
Last update: 2023-10-24
Discussion Lists
PFAN-L
About the Discussion List
PFAN-L is a bilingual discussion list established by the Programme francophone des autorités de noms (PFAN) to participating libraries.
List participants are encouraged to use the list to:
- provide information of interest to PFAN participating libraries;
- ask questions and propose solutions to other PFAN libraries.
You may use the listserv web interface to configure your user profile, to use basic listserv commands and to search discussion list archives. Please visit: https://listserv.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/wa.
For questions and concerns relating to the list, please contact: coorddeliste-listcoord@bac-lac.gc.ca.
Archives: https://listserv.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=PFAN-L
List Commands
To send a message to all of the people currently subscribed to the list, just send mail to PFAN-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA, which is called the list address. You must never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA, which is the LISTSERV address. It is important to understand the difference between the two.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF PFAN-L" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA. You can also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. To send yourself a copy of your own messages, send a "SET PFAN-L REPRO" command.
Alternatively, to have LISTSERV send you a short acknowledgement instead of the entire message, send a "SET PFAN-L ACK NOREPRO" command. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely with the "SET PFAN-L NOACK NOREPRO" command.
PFAN-L uses a UNIX-based LISTSERV software. Information about advanced commands for LISTSERV can be retrieved by sending the following message:
To: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Message: INFO REFCARD
All commands to LISTSERV should be in the body of the message. Since the software is English, all commands to LISTSERV must be in English.
SIGNOFF PFAN-L
- To remove your name from the list.
INFO PFAN-L
- To obtain information about PFAN-L.
SET PFAN-L NOMAIL
- This will stop sending you PFAN-L postings until your reset your status - please use this when you go on holidays or will not be taking email regularly.
SET PFAN-L MAIL
- This will reset your status and allow you to begin receiving messages from the list.
SET PFAN-L DIGEST
- To receive a message per day that contains all the daily postings to PFAN-L.
SET PFAN-L REPRO
- To get a copy of a message that you post to PFAN-L.
SET PFAN-L NOREPRO
- To NOT receive a copy of what you post to PFAN-L (this is the default).
HELP PFAN-L
- To obtain a list of commands.
INDEX PFAN-L
- To obtain an index of what has been posted to PFAN-L.
REVIEW PFAN-L
- To get information about a list including subscribers.
SET PFAN-L CONCEAL
- To conceal your name from anyone using the REVIEW command.
PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
About the Discussion List
PFAN-MUSIQUE-L is a bilingual discussion list established by the Programme francophone des autorités de noms (PFAN) for the participants who are interested in questions related to the authority control of entities associated with musical resources in the Canadiana file..
List participants are encouraged to use the list to:
- share information of interest to PFAN participating libraries that create or revise authority records for entities associated with musical resources;
- ask questions concerning the authority control of entities associated with musical resources and to propose solutions.
You may use the listserv web interface to configure your user profile, to use basic listserv commands and to search discussion list archives. Please visit: https://listserv.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/wa.
For questions and concerns relating to the list, please contact: coorddeliste-listcoord@bac-lac.gc.ca.
Archives: https://listserv.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
List Commands
To send a message to all of the people currently subscribed to the list, just send mail to PFAN-MUSIQUE-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA, which is called the list address. You must never try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA, which is the LISTSERV address. It is important to understand the difference between the two.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF PFAN-MUSIQUE-L" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA. You can also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list. To send yourself a copy of your own messages, send a "SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L REPRO" command.
Alternatively, to have LISTSERV send you a short acknowledgement instead of the entire message, send a "SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L ACK NOREPRO" command. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely with the "SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L NOACK NOREPRO" command.
PFAN-L uses a UNIX-based LISTSERV software. Information about advanced commands for LISTSERV can be retrieved by sending the following message:
To: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Message: INFO REFCARD
All commands to LISTSERV should be in the body of the message. Since the software is English, all commands to LISTSERV must be in English.
SIGNOFF PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
- To remove your name from the list.
INFO PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
- To obtain information about PFAN-L.
SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L NOMAIL
- This will stop sending you PFAN-L postings until your reset your status - please use this when you go on holidays or will not be taking email regularly.
SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L MAIL
- This will reset your status and allow you to begin receiving messages from the list.
SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L DIGEST
- To receive a message per day that contains all the daily postings to PFAN-MUSIQUE-L.
SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L REPRO
- To get a copy of a message that you post to PFAN-MUSIQUE-L.
SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L NOREPRO
- To NOT receive a copy of what you post to PFAN-MUSIQUE-L (this is the default).
HELP PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
- To obtain a list of commands.
INDEX PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
- To obtain an index of what has been posted to PFAN-MUSIQUE-L.
REVIEW PFAN-MUSIQUE-L
- To get information about a list including subscribers.
SET PFAN-MUSIQUE-L CONCEAL
- To conceal your name from anyone using the REVIEW command.
Last update: 2022-12-10
Contact PFAN
Please send all questions to pfan-fnap@bac-lac.gc.ca.