Re: [RDA-L] Fictitious beings as pseudonyms (was: Dr. Snoopy)

[J. McRee Elrod]

James Weinheimer said:

My own opinion of Geronimo Stilton, which is not a spirit or pseudonym 
but everybody can agree is a fictitious character, is that today, people 
will search using keyword ...

This seems to be adequate access.

But so long as we insist on Cuttering by main entry, the Chilton works
will be scattered on the shelf.  Finding the bibliographic records is
not enough.  We need to facilitate *physical* discovery.  Many patrons
bypass the catalogue and just browse.

Better to standardize on one entry, as opposed to departing from
normal Cuttering practices, and have to deal with new items being an
exception to normal practice.

To repeat, if an author writes under a name, it is a pseudonym,
whether a spirit, a cat, a mouse, a cockroach, or a snack (Lemony
Snicket which is established).  There is no more reason to suppose the
spirit is real than the other creatures and object mentioned.  The
distinction is straining at a gnat.  It's the persona the author uses.

Still waiting for an answer to Anne Rice writing as Anne Rampling in
RDA.


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Re: [RDA-L] Fictitious beings as pseudonyms (was: Dr. Snoopy)

[Stephen Hearn]

I think this is covered by LCRI 22.2B, Multiple
Headings--Contemporaries, point 5:

If different names appear in different editions of the same work,
choose for all editions of the same work the name that predominates in
the editions of the same work.  If, however, a change in the person's
bibliographic identification from an older name to a newer name that
seems to be stable has taken place, choose that name for all editions.
 In case of doubt on any point, choose the latest name used for all
editions.

RDA says something similar at 6.27.1.7:

If the identity used most frequently cannot be readily determined,
construct the authorized access point representing the work using the
authorized access point representing the identity appearing in the
most recent resource embodying the work followed by the preferred
title for the work.

I'd consider that the books originally published only with the
Rampling name but now appearing with the Rice name given top billing
as well would fall under either of these rules, and that one could
establish a uniform title for all editions of a previously Rampling
title under the Rice heading.  The problematic bit here is that the
rule calls for this to be done title by title. We have to wait for all
the Rampling titles to be reissued under the Rice name before we can
merge Rampling into Rice. If there's a lesser novel that never gets
republished, the rule does not support changing its entry on the basis
of a larger trend to use Rice over Rampling, resulting in a split of
the preferred access points for titles which arguably ought to share a
single form of name entry.

Stephen

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM, J. McRee Elrod m...@slc.bc.ca wrote:

 Still waiting for an answer to Anne Rice writing as Anne Rampling in
 RDA.


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