One can get all kinds of stuff by searching Google. I once made a type of search that brought up the names of my father and mother (both dead) with their social security numbers.
There are way too many clever people out there willing pick someone else's pocket if they can get to the infomation needed. We should not be supplying that information. On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Adam L. Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu>wrote: > This information is frequently available in the resource that is being > cataloged. I don't think that any of us will be spending time researching > this information just to add it to an authority record. For elements that > are needed to distinguish between entities with the same name, we might make > an extra effort to search further or contact that entity, but for completely > optional elements (like address) I have no doubt that most libraries' policy > will be only to record it if readily available in the resource. If it is > published in a resource, I don't see how it is invading someone's privacy to > record it in an authority record. > > Adam Schiff > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Adam L. Schiff > Principal Cataloger > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 > Seattle, WA 98195-2900 > (206) 543-8409 > (206) 685-8782 fax > asch...@u.washington.edu > http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Gene Fieg wrote: > > Just got through chapter 9 on Persons. >> Do we really intend to put that kind of information in the authority >> record, >> home address, e-maill adress, etc. in the record? >> Isn't that really invading a person's sense of privacy? And when we call >> up >> prospect persons to be in the NAF, what do we tell them if they get wind >> of >> chapter 9 >> >> Authority records are for identification, between work and person in this >> case, and we should not add information that does not add to that >> identification. It is not a miniature Who's who. >> >> >> >> -- >> Gene Fieg >> Cataloger/Serials Librarian >> Claremont School of Theology >> gf...@cst.edu >> >> -- Gene Fieg Cataloger/Serials Librarian Claremont School of Theology gf...@cst.edu
