Ryan

PS for 9.19.1.4 establishes that "conflict" is an example of "otherwise changing an existing access point".  The PS for 9.19.1.3 has slightly different phrasing "otherwise changing the 100 field", but in this context they both mean the same, and I think the fact that the PS 9.19.1.3 doesn't mention conflict explicitly is an editorial inconsistency, no more. Otherwise you'd be allowed to break the conflict with a fuller form of name, but not with a date, which would be daft.

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Richard

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Subject: [PCCLIST] Modify existing AAP to resolve a conflict?

Hello PCC-List,

We are having a friendly debate about whether it is still acceptable to modify an existing authorized access point for a person to resolve a conflict when you have no distinguishing information that can be added to the AAP for the new person you are establishing.


The new guidelines on undifferentiated names say that instead of creating an undifferentiated name record "
apply one of the following RDA attributes to create a unique authorized access point for the **person being established**" [emphasis mine]

Our new person has the same name as the existing person and we can find no life dates, fuller forms, titles, other designations, etc. Both authors write fiction so we can't use an occupation like "writer of fiction."

We have dates for the person already established, however PS 9.19.1.3 says not to add dates unless otherwise changing the AAP. It doesn't mention conflict in this particular PS like it does in 9.19.1.2.6 and 9.19.1.4.

We just want to be sure the new instructions on undifferentiated names don't disallow changing an already established AAP in cases such as this.

Ryan J. Finnerty
Head, Database and Authorities Management | NACO Coordinator UC San Diego Library | Metadata Services [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | (858) 822-3138


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