From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Hearn
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 8:16 AM
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> (Is there an irony that after a long and lively career in authority
> control I find myself advocating for the end of the authorized
> access point? Yes, there is, and it's ... delicious.)
A couple years ago I speculated whether RDA 2.0 would shunt its access point instructions to an appendix in favor of highlighting the identifier elements. More recent discussions on the so-called "four-fold path" have disabused me of that notion.
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