diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
index 149269f2..ccfe4ea3 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ core:authorInAuthorship (Person : Authorship) - inverse of linkedAuthor
 <%@ page import="java.util.ArrayList" %>
 <%@ page import="java.util.Arrays" %>
 <%@ page import="java.util.Collections" %>
+<%@ page import="java.net.URLEncoder" %>
 
 <%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model" %>
 <%@ page import="com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.XSD" %>
@@ -287,13 +288,15 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
             Individual author = authorship.getRelatedIndividual(linkedAuthorProperty);
             if ( author != null ) {
                 request.setAttribute("author", author);
+                // Doesn't seem to need urlencoding to add as id attribute value
+                //request.setAttribute("authorUri", URLEncoder.encode(author.getURI(), "UTF-8"));
+                request.setAttribute("authorUri", author.getURI());
                 %> 
                 <c:url var="authorHref" value="/individual">
-                    <c:param name="uri" value="${author.URI}"/>
+                    <c:param name="uri" value="${authorUri}"/>
                 </c:url>                
                 <li>
-                    <span class="existingAuthorUri">${author.URI}</span>
-                    <a href="${authorHref}" class="existingAuthor">${author.name}</a>
+                    <a id="${authorUri}" href="${authorHref}" class="existingAuthor">${author.name}</a>
                     <a href="" class="remove">Remove</a>
                 </li> 
                 
@@ -302,7 +305,7 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
             
         }
         // A new author will be ranked last when added.
-        // This doesn't handle gaps in the ranking: vreq.setAttribute("rank", authorships.size()+1);
+        // This wouldn't handle gaps in the ranking: vreq.setAttribute("rank", authorships.size()+1);
         vreq.setAttribute("rank", rank + 1);
     %>
     
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
index 4c0795fa..83f03ada 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     	var cache = {};
     	var url = $('#acUrl').val();
     	var existingAuthorUris = addAuthorForm.getExistingAuthorUris();
-    	
+
     	jQuery.each(existingAuthorUris, function(index, element) {
     		url += '&filter=' + element;
     	});
@@ -208,9 +208,10 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     },
     
     getExistingAuthorUris: function() {
-    	var authorUris = $('span.existingAuthorUri'); 
-    	return authorUris.map(function() {
-    		return $(this).html();
+
+    	var existingAuthors = $('#authors .existingAuthor'); 
+    	return existingAuthors.map(function() {
+    		return $(this).attr('id');
     	});
     	
     },