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I wonder if Sherlock Holmes' name heading should have 374 Fictitious character as well as Detective. It seems there should be some way to distinguish between real and fictitious characters. Ted Gemberling UAB Lister Hill Library From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mascaro,Michelle J Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PCCLIST] Subject Authority Records for Sherlock Holmes A colleague of mine brought to my attention that per the 010 in no2013039964 the subject heading record "150 __ Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)" (sh 85061506) was merged into the name authority record "100 1_ Holmes, Sherlock." However, sh 85061506 still exists in the LCSH file. Authority record no2013039964 has been coded as being valid both as a name and subject heading. This naturally brought up questions on what is the current practice for handling subject access for fictitious characters. Per H-1610, subject heading authority records, tagged 150, with the appellation of (Fictitious character) are still to be used for subject access and the new author authority records are not supposed to be used as subject headings. Is this still the case, or has this policy changed as part of the July updates to the RDA Toolkit? Thanks, Michelle Mascaro Assistant Professor of Bibliography Coordinator, Cataloging Services and Special Collections Cataloger University Libraries The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1712 330-972-2446 (Electronic Services, Cataloging Unit) 330-972-6830 (Archival Services)