> ... we could continue to make the 670 citation anyway and we could
> include the $b "name not given" if we really wanted to, it just wouldn't
> be required.
By removing this from the documentation, however, it ensures that it will
not be included in future training materials and new NACO participants
will not learn about it, even as an option.
I agree with Manon and Gary that it's inadvisable to omit this 670, for
the reasons they so clearly articulated. I hazard to guess that most of
the authorities we create (at least, in OCLC, with which I'm most
familiar) are initially generated through the use of a macro run on a
heading on a bibliographic record, so that it really isn't much extra work
to have that 670 anyway.
Adam
**************************************
* Adam L. Schiff *
* Principal Cataloger *
* University of Washington Libraries *
* Box 352900 *
* Seattle, WA 98195-2900 *
* (206) 543-8409 *
* (206) 685-8782 fax *
* [log in to unmask] *
**************************************
|