Do I need to establish authority records for regions of populated places and geographic entities?
No, for populated places, whether cities, towns, villages or unincorporated communities, the headings may simply be added to the bibliographic record as a subject access point, e.g. Smiths Falls Region (Ont.); Maniwaki Region (Qubec). RVM does not create authority records for their French equivalents either. Yes, for regions of entities such as rivers and lakes, in order to link them to their RVM equivalents. The authority records are established in AMICUS Subjects. There must be an authority record for the city, town, river, etc. that you are adding the term “Region” to.
