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Mac Elrod said:
> Kevin said:
>
> >The choice of elements to be included in an authority record are entirely
up
> >to the policy of the agency creating the record.
>
> Obviously standardization or consistency is no longer considered of value.
RDA presents a standard for what the elements *are*.
I participated in a discussion last week where the issues of email
privacy (in particular, but other personal info was implied) came
up--the discussion was about author profiles, not that far from name
authorities. I think this is an issue that we do need to think
about--and the notion about
Kevin said:
>The choice of elements to be included in an authority record are entirely up
>to the policy of the agency creating the record.
Obviously standardization or consistency is no longer considered of value.
__ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca)
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One can get all kinds of stuff by searching Google.
I once made a type of search that brought up the names of my father and
mother (both dead) with their social security numbers.
There are way too many clever people out there willing pick someone else's
pocket if they can get to the infomation n
Mike Tribby wrote:
> Thomas provides an iteration of what RDA says about information that may
be
> used in an authority record, but I think Gene's point has more to do with
> what we _should_ include in an authority record rather than what various
> information RDA sanctions for possible use. Ther
Quoting Mark Ehlert :
Gene Fieg 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 additional information about the Address elements for Persons and
Corporate Bodies-- the MARC authority field is 371.
http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ad371.html
The "web address" (as in the example in RDA 9.12.1.3) is a bit confusing since
371$u is not for a homepage apparently:
"In fiel
This information is frequently available in the resource that is being
cataloged. I don't think that any of us will be spending time researching
this information just to add it to an authority record. For elements that
are needed to distinguish between entities with the same name, we might
ma
Gene Fieg 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
>From Gene Fieg
>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.
>From Thomas Brenndorfer
>Those elements are used if needed to distinguish between two pe
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>[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Gene Fieg
>Sent: March 28, 2011 12:16 PM
>To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
>Subject: [RDA-L] Authority records per RDA for persons
>Just got through chapter 9 on Persons.
>
Just got through chapter 9 on Persons.
Do we really intend to put that kind of information in the authority record,
home address, e-maill adress, etc. in the record?
Isn't that really invading a person's sense of privacy? And when we call up
prospect persons to be in the NAF, what do we tell them
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