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Regarding establishing new headings that do not conflict: The optional provisions given in AA2 rules and the corresponding LCRI instructions for new headings which encourage the use of the $d and the $q. We follow these options. I do not understand your objection to the $q. The presence of qualified initials may prevent duplicate headings being created for the same person. . LCRI 22.17 Dates. For new headings that do not conflict, apply the option decision to add the date(s) whenever it is known. LCRI 22.18 A Fuller forms. Apply the optional provision. This means adding within parentheses the full form of and abbreviation used in the heading when the full form is known with certainty. Gary L. Strawn wrote: > At 06:08 AM 11/5/2007, Dinin, Ken wrote: > >> LCRI 22.17-22.20 1) has the following note: "If both the full form >> represented by an initial and a date are available, add both." >> >> So, it would appear that in cases of conflict, when both the fuller >> form and the date are available, both are used, even if only one is >> sufficient to disambiguate the heading. > > Yes, as I said; if you have a conflict and you have both you use > both. But my point was that nearly all of the headings I found with > both $q and $d did not contain both because of a conflict. > > Gary L. Strawn, Authorities Librarian, etc. > Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208-2300 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] voice: 847/491-2788 fax: 847/491-8306 > Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. BatchCat version: > 2006.51.826 > -- Gerry Park, Cataloger Cataloging Department University of Maryland Libraries 2200 McKeldin Library College Park, MD 20742-7011 301-405-9323; fax: 301-314-9971 [log in to unmask]