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Bob, The Churchill heading was upgraded from AACR2-compatible to full AACR2. Changes to the related corporate body headings for the Prime Minister were what prompted this other change. Adam ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax [log in to unmask] http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Robert Maxwell wrote: > It is my understanding that when we make any kind of correction in a heading (including revising incorrect dates) we're supposed to follow current practices with the heading we wind up with so, yes, "Sir" should be deleted. > > On the other hand, we don't remove "Sir" from headings that do not need other correction. > > Which makes me ask: WHY did somebody remove "Sir" from Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965? No correction was made to the heading other than to remove "Sir." This is going to create a LOT of unnecessary cleanup in all of our catalogs. > > Robert L. Maxwell > Head, Special Collections and Metadata Catalog Dept. > 6728 Harold B. Lee Library > Brigham Young University > Provo, UT 84602 > (801)422-5568 > > From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Terms of honour > > > I can't track it down in the documentation: when revising incorrect dates in a NAR which includes "Sir" in the heading, are we to delete the "Sir" also, to follow current practice? > > Thanks, > > Deborah > > __________________________ > Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. > Head of Cataloging > Folger Shakespeare Library > 201 East Capitol St., S.E. > Washington, D.C. 20003 > 202.675-0369 > [log in to unmask] | http://www.folger.edu >