How to configure authority preferences?
Koha has the ability to keep track of your authority records and how they're linked to your bibliographic records. Before using authorities you should configure several preferences.
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Set Authority Frameworks aka templates
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Authority System Preferences
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BiblioAddsAuthorities : Decide if Koha creates authorities when cataloging
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dontmerge : Decide if updates to authorities trigger updates to the bibliographic records that link to them
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AutoCreateAuthorities : Decide when authorities are created
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LinkerModule : Decide which match the authority linker should use
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LinkerOptions : Decide if you want authority linking to be broader or more specific
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CatalogModuleRelink : Decide if you want to enable authority linking while cataloging
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Set up your cron jobs
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Choose when the system looks for authorities updates to merge changes into bibliographic records
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