On 6/23/05 Ana Lupe Cristán wrote:
... Thus, CPSO is considering allowing the addition of all dates to
existing headings ... Allow the optional addition of dates (birth, death
or both) to existing personal name headings at will. (LC and NACO
catalogers are aware of LCRI 22.17 that requires all new headings to have
dates added when these are readily available). Note that catalogers would
not be required to add dates to existing personal name headings ...
We've polled our available catalogers on several of the points raised in
this discussion.
We have unamimous support for the following ideas:
YES, add/edit dates when an existing heading contains errors of fact
(typographical errors, for example).
YES, add dates when an existing heading conflicts with another existing
heading.
We have strong support (5 YES, 1 NO) to this idea:
Accept in principle closing of birth dates with death dates to make
headings appear “correct” but not adding dates to other perfectly good
headings.
We're evenly split between NO and UNSURE for this idea:
Add death dates to a heading only when catalogers determine the name is
well known enough to be worth this kind of exceptional treatment (but not
to headings for the unfamous)
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Sophia A. McMillen
Cataloging Dept., University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
2550 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822
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