Pat
I agree, we don't want them to look like real people, which is why we proposed
the addition of "Fictitious character" as a core element last year. The same
applies to access points for real non-human entities. This is why 9.19.1.2 is
how it is. It's important to the functional objective "Identify" in RDA 8.2,
and the user task "Contextualize" in FRAD 6, that users are able to distinguish
access points that are for real persons, and for human persons, from access
points that are not.
As has been said, this will all be discussed by JSC next month.
Regards
Richard
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From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Patricia Sayre-McCoy
Sent: 08 October 2013 20:51
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)
Surely we include "fictitious character" for these names? Do we really want
them to look like real people?
Pat
Patricia Sayre-McCoy
Head, Law Cataloging and Serials
D’Angelo Law Library
University of Chicago
773-702-9620
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[mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Robert Maxwell
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 2:37 PM
To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)
This access point for Wiggin, Ender was first established by BYU *without* a
qualifier, following LC's instructions only to add qualifier to these access
point if there was a conflict. Somebody at BL took it upon themselves to add
the qualifier (without the appropriate subfield coding, as you note). I do not
think it was appropriate to change this access point, since there was no
conflict at the time it was established and there is no new conflict now.
(Subsequently somebody at Washington corrected the subfield coding).
The access point for Wiggin, Peter was first established by BYU *with* a
qualifier (correctly coded) because there *was* a conflict with another Peter
Wiggin.
Bob
Robert L. Maxwell
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Cataloger
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Brigham Young University
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the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.
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[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of FOGLER, PATRICIA A GS-11
USAF AETC AUL/LTSC
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:07 AM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)
I'm working through today's name authority changes & wondering why I'm finding:
‡a Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character) but ‡a Wiggin, Peter ‡c (Fictitious
character)
Is this simply two different agencies interpreting the rules differently?
We don't catalog a lot of fiction here so I've not much experience with
fictitious characters. I do edit our base library records occasionally & they
have a number of Card's titles.
I'd send this to LChelp4rda but I am guessing they are not back at work as yet.
//SIGNED//
Patricia Fogler
Chief, Cataloging Section (AUL/LTSC)
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
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