Hi Adam,
Is Paul Weiss the PCC rep to CC:DA? I haven't heard him chime in on this
yet.
Caroline
--On Friday, July 01, 2005 10:35 AM -0700 Adam Schiff
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> Sue Wartzok wrote:
>
>> Another crazy idea occurs to me: perhaps we should enter dates in a
>> uniform manner no matter whether a person was born more than 100 years
>> ago or not--that is, enter birth dates in the form of "b. 1968". Such a
>> form does not look as incomplete as "1968- ".
>>
>
> I don't think this idea is crazy at all, in fact, it's something I've
> raised in various venues from time to time too. I think using a "b." form
> for all persons when only the birth date is known at the time of
> cataloging would bring consistency to our catalogs and less controversy,
> as it gives no implication that a person is considered to still be alive.
> When both dates are known, the current practice of giving both could still
> be considered and when a person dies there would not be a need to change a
> heading that just has "b. <date>".
>
> Perhaps if there is consensus on this within the PCC, the PCC rep to CC:DA
> could prepare a rule revision proposal for them (and the JSC if it passed
> CC:DA) to consider.
>
> Adam Schiff
>
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