Gene Fieg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
An authority record with a miniature Who's who is a benefit in some circumstances (e.g., for archival collection finding aids). Not to mention opening up general searching options for catalog users (e.g., to paraphrase Bob Maxwell's example, finding all works by Australian female composers of the 20th century; here mailing and e-mail address information isn't necessary). -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex Coordinator University of Minnesota Bibliographic & Technical 15 Andersen Library Services (BATS) Unit 222 21st Avenue South Phone: 612-624-0805 Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439 <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
