Greetings, Sir,
We use LTI; therefore there is NO SUCH THING as local anymore. We're in the
process of converting everything local to the LC/NACO authority file. I
can't tell you how frustrating this can be at times, especially when one has
a corporate body or a traced, numbered, classed-together series that has
changed many times over the course of 100 years; WHICH is reflected in OUR
local authority file, only to have LTI, which uses the LC/NACO file ... flip
them all, 'cause they appear on the authority record as xrefs and not as
name changes. In a word ... ARGH!
'good day.
R.
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Robert C.W. Hall, Jr.
Technical Services Associate Librarian
Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA 01742
978-318-3343 -- FAX: 978-318-3344 -- http://www.concordlibrary.org/
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From: john g marr <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:41:35 -0600
Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Theses name hdgs.(headings) -- birthdates?
On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Bob Hall wrote:
> We formulate the heading as to the way it appears on the chief source.
Again (as with other topics) it is not entirely clear whether all folks
responding to this thread are talking about NACO records or exclusively
local authority records. Anything goes locally, but NACO exists to
standardize conformity with LC practices.
Also, it is good practice to understand that online records available to
all libraries are capable of being revised at will (no more "liquid
paper"), and that policies suggesting revision of "preliminary"
thesis-author headings once those authors pick "preferred" name forms
(previously called "published" name forms) would be reasonable.
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
Cataloger
CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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