[Heb-NACO] RDA: Update of RDA NARs

[Nancy Sack]

I know it isn't required but in the case of common names, at least, I 
tend to go the extra mile and do a brief search for a date. A similar 
topic was recently discussed on the PCC list. It involved adding a 
fuller form to Smith, P. even if it weren't needed to make the access 
point unique.

Nancy


On 10/9/2012 10:43 AM, Heidi G Lerner wrote:
>
> p.s. I am basing my comments on not adding dates of birth [and/or 
> death] if the information is not found in the resource or 
> other references sources cited to support the choice of heading and 
> there is no need to break a conflict,  on LCPS 9.19.1.1 
> "Differentiating Authorized Access Points for Persons."
>
> Include the date of birth and date of death if AVAILBLE in the 
> authorized access point for a person when creating a new name 
> authority record. If an addition is needed to differentiate the 
> authorized access point for one person from the authorized access 
> point for another person, apply cataloger judgment when choosing to 
> add one of the following (not listed in priority order) to the 
> authorized access point being established: period of activity of the 
> person, fuller form of name, and/or profession or occupation.
> If there are no additions readily available to differentiate the 
> access point in the new authority record, make an addition to the 
> existing authorized access point.
> The important word is "available." To the best of my knowlege RDA nor 
> the LCPS's tell us what avaialble means but most catalogers interpret 
> it as meaning "doing extra research beyond the resource in hand."
> Thanks, Heidi
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Heidi G Lerner" <lerner at stanford.edu>
> *To: *"Hebrew Name Authority Funnel" 
> <heb-naco at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 9, 2012 1:03:06 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Heb-NACO] RDA: Update of RDA NARs
>
> Hi Yosi,
>
> If the date of birth was not cited in the 670s and did not appear in 
> the resources of the existing RDA NAR, then the heading would be 
> established without the date of birth. Catalogers are not expceted to 
> do extra research to find a date of birth unless there is a need to 
> break a conflict.
>
> If however, if the date of birth comes up later but no other changes 
> to the NAR are being made, then the date of birth would not be added 
> to the heading. We would record the date of birth in a 670 for the new 
> source of information that is being added to the extant RDA NAR and 
> then we can go ahead and record the information in the 046 field.
>
> If you are going to add the date of birth to the 046 field, you can go 
> ahead and any other relevant information to 3xx fields that are 
> available in the NAR or the new resource. You will find many existing 
>  RDA headings that do not have the new 37x fields or 046 field in 
> them. Up until recently, PCC had not issued any statements on  whether 
> or not these fields should be included in an RDA authority record and 
> many institutions chose not to include them since they were optional, 
> until PCC made a formal statement.
>
> Sincerely, Heidi
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Yossi Galron" <jgalron at gmail.com>
> *To: *"heb-naco" <heb-naco at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:28:23 PM
> *Subject: *[Heb-NACO] RDA: Update of RDA NARs
>
> There is an RDA NAR record that does not include 046 field and 
> subfield "d" in the 1XX field.
> Can/should we add the added information (i.e. the 046 field)?
> I guess we are not adding the subfield "d" to 1XX - not to change the 
> heading if there is no conflict
>
> Yossi
>
>
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