RDA takes at face value an assertion of creatorship. So yes, it has
changed from AACR2. Any person can be a creator, and RDA asserts that
persons include fictitious and legendary persons and non-humans:
9.0. Persons include persons named in religious works, fictitious and
legendary persons, and real or fictitious non-human entities.
RDA 19.2.1.3 has an example showing a fictitious character as creator:
Kermit, the Frog
Authorized access point representing the creator for: Before you leap : a
frogs-eye view of lifes greatest lessons / by Kermit the Frog
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013, Jack Wu wrote:
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:29:17 -0400
From: Jack Wu <j...@franciscan.edu>
Reply-To: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
<RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA>
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)
Somehow in all these changes in establishment of name authorities for
fictitious characters, I can't find anything that says the choice of main entry
(or Preferred access point, or 100 field data) has changed. Although RDA 9.0
says the scope of persons does include fictitious character; it also indicates
if the fictitious entry's role is only as subject, the RDA instructions do not
apply.
I've always learned that a fictitious character is just that, a figment
of our imagination. It is not capable of authorship (or as creator)
unless it's a pseudonym of some real person. I can understand Holmes,
Sherlock getting an access point, but cannot understand it as the
Preferred access point.
AS: AACR2 did not permit entry or the creation of name headings for these
entities. RDA does and doesn't require the cataloger to have to know if a
particular person is fictitious or not. Readers might not know either if
a book written by someone named Jessica Fletcher is real or not.
Some RDA examples of works created by or contributed to by fictitious
persons:
OCLC #837144081
100 1_ Fletcher, Jessica, $e author.
245 10 Close-up on murder : $b a novel / $c by Jessica Fletcher & Donald
Bain.
OCLC #828418251
100 1_ Holmes, Sherlock, $e author.
245 14 The autobiography of Sherlock Holmes / $c by Sherlock Holmes ;
edited by Don Libey, S.H.S.L.
OCLC #2013036659
100 1_ Adler, Irene $c (Fictitious character), $e author.
240 10 Trio della Dama Nera. $l English
245 14 The dark lady / $c by Irene Adler ; illustrated by Bruno Iacopo.
OCLC #664373969
245 00 Kermit unpigged $h [sound recording].
511 0_ Performed by Kermit the Frog with various artists.
700 0_ Kermit, $c the Frog.
OCLC #39875214
245 00 Dear Socks, dear Buddy : $b kids' letters to the first pets / $c
[compiled, with a foreword, by] Hillary Rodham Clinton.
700 0_ Socks $c (Cat), $d 1989-2009, $e addressee.
700 0_ Buddy $c (Dog), $d 1997-2002, $e addressee.
700 1_ Clinton, Hillary Rodham, $e editor of compilation.
The LC-PCC Policy Statement for 9.0 makes it clear that even when a
fictitious character is just needed as a subject, a name authority should
be created.
Here are some examples from OCLC:
OCLC #788282024
245 04 The philosophy of Sherlock Holmes / ?c edited by Philip Tallon and
David Baggett.
600 10 Doyle, Arthur Conan, ?d 1859-1930 ?x Characters ?x Sherlock Holmes.
600 10 Holmes, Sherlock.
650 _0 Detective and mystery stories, English ?x History and criticism.
650 _0 Philosophy in literature.
650 _0 Private investigators in literature.
OCLC #39812968
100 1_ Hammond, Diane Coplin.
245 10 Keiko's story : $b the real-life tale of the world's most famous
killer whale / $c by Diane Coplin Hammond ; illustrated by Nyna
Somerville.
600 00 Keiko, $d approximately 1976-2003.
OCLC #39875214
245 00 Dear Socks, dear Buddy : $b kids' letters to the first pets / $c
[compiled, with a foreword, by] Hillary Rodham Clinton.
600 00 Socks $c (Cat), $d 1989-2009 $v Humor.
600 00 Buddy $c (Dog), $d 1997-2002 $v Humor.
Here is the LC-PCC Policy Statement 9.0 on this matter:
Fictitious Entities and Real Non-Human Entities
LC practice/PCC practice: Apply this chapter to fictitious entities and
real non-human entities following the guidelines below:
No LCSH Authority Record Exists
Create a name authority record for the entity following RDA instructions
and NACO guidelines, whether needed as a creator, contributor, etc., under
RDA, or needed only for subject access. Do not create a subject proposal
for LCSH.
LCSH Authority Record Exists
If needed as a creator, contributor, etc., under RDA, create a new name
authority record and notify the Policy & Standards Division
(pol...@loc.gov) to cancel the existing subject authority record.
Optionally, a new name authority record may be created for such an entity
if needed only for subject access. If a name authority record is created,
notify the Policy & Standards Division (pol...@loc.gov) to cancel the
existing subject authority record.
Future activity: A project to transition all fictitious and real non-human
entities from LCSH will be conducted as resources are available.
Jack Wu
Franciscan University of Steubenville
j...@franciscan.edu
Adam Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu> 10/11/2013 1:39 PM >>>
Yes that is true, at least for all newly established characters. LC will
(slowly, I imagine) undertake a project to convert their LCSH headings for
ficititious characters to name authorities. NACO libraries will establish
them as well as needed and report existing LCSH terms for cancellation.
Adam Schiff
University of Washington Libraries
-----Original Message-----
From: Gray-Williams, Donna
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 7:57 AM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)
I can't use RDA yet, so I wasn't paying initial attention to this
discussion. I understood that a fictitious character as author would now be
in a 100 field, but now it sounds like all fictitious characters are to be
treated like real people and placed in the 600 field as well. Is that the
case?
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