I think it would depend on whether the term is a person's title, or it is 
being added as an occupation or profession.  If the term is part of the 
person's name (e.g. it appears on resoruces as "Professor David Jacoby"), 
then it would be recorded as

Jacoby, David, $c Professor

On the other hand, if it doesn't appear as part of his name but is being 
added as an occupation/profession, then it would be in parentheses:

Jacoby, David $c (Professor)

Since there is justification in the authority record for the name 
"Professor David Jacoby", I think this authority record is correct as is.

Adam Schiff

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On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Shorten, Jay wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:24:13 +0000
> From: "Shorten, Jay" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Must X00 $c be in parentheses in RDA authorities?
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> Example: n  89106593 Jacoby, David, ?c Professor  , an RDA record. I know in the beginning this had to be ?Jacoby, David $c (Professor)? to be a valid RDA form, but is ?Jacoby, David, ?c Professor? now acceptable? (I was thinking of changing it to Jacoby, David, $d 1928-  if it wasn?t.) And could someone cite me the policy change so I know where to look it up next time?
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> Jay Shorten
> Cataloger, Monographs and Electronic Resources
> Associate Professor of Bibliography
> Catalog Department
> University Libraries
> University of Oklahoma
> Co-owner, PERSNAME-L, the list about personal names in bibliographic and authority records
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