Sarah, The 4th paragraph of RDA 9.0 indicates that the scope of *person* in RDA includes "fictitious entities, such as literary figures, legendary figures, etc." So, you follow the same instructions for the name of a fictitious entity as you would for the name of any other person. The context, however, must be that the fictitious entity is functioning in a role as creator (ch. 19), contributor (ch. 20), etc.; if the fictitious entity's role is only as subject of the resource, the RDA instructions do not apply.
Judy Kuhagen JSC Secretary On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Sarah Stein <sst...@denverlibrary.org>wrote: > Can anyone tell me where in the RDA Toolkit I can find instructions for > fictitious character? > oclc#730414273 > Professor Jonathan T. Buck's mysterious airship notebook :‡bthe lost > step-by-step dirigible drawings from the pioneer of steampunk design /‡cby > Keith Riegert & Samuel Kaplan ; illustrated by Jonathan Buck. > Jonathan Buck is not a real person which is clearly stated in this > authority file: > ARN9385436 > 010 no2013005992 ǂz no2013005083 > 040 ICrlF ǂb eng ǂe rda ǂc ICrlF ǂd DLC > 046 ǂf 18500917 > 1001 Buck, Jonathan T., ǂd 1850- > 370 Baton Rouge, La. ǂe South America > 372 Engineering > 374 Engineer ǂa Illustrator > 375 male > 377 eng > 670 Riegert, Keith. Professor Jonathan T. Buck's mysterious airship > notebook, c2013: ǂb t.p. (illustrated by Jonathan Buck) p. 3 (born Sept. > 17, 1850 in Baton Rouge, La.; death date unknown; American engineer, > riverboat captain, flight pioneer, and adventurer who invented the Air > Paddle Steamer steam-powered riverboat dirigible and disappeared while on > an expedition in South America) > 678 Professor Jonathan T. Buck is the fictitious American engineer and > adventurer who invented the steam-powered riverboat dirigible. > This AF does not have the statement that is found in some other fictitious > charactor as creator AFs e.g. ARN9436377 Richard Castle-- 667 SUBJECT > USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject; use a fictitious > character heading from LCSH. > Does that mean that under RDA this is changed? The OCLC record has both a > 700 and 600 for Jonathan T. Buck. > > I have not been able to find anything in the RDA Toolkit but perhaps I am > not searching effectively, I have just started using it. > Thanks for any help, > > > Sarah Stein > Sr. Special Collections Librarian > Technical Services - Cataloging > Denver Public Library > 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway > Denver, Colorado, 80204-2731 USA > 720-865-1123 > sst...@denverlibrary.org > http://denverlibrary.org >
