Sorry, I should have added that this is my personal opinion, not necessarily that of LC.
From: Alberts, James
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 5:34 PM
To: 'Program for Cooperative Cataloging'
Subject: RE: [PCCLIST] Profession/occupation terms and gender/ethnicity/nationality/religion etc.
In that case, the macro needs to be updated.
From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shorten, Jay
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 5:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Profession/occupation terms and gender/ethnicity/nationality/religion etc.
Because “male” and “female” and “not known” are the choices in the handy OCLC basic name authority creation macro?
Jay Shorten
Cataloger, Monographs and Electronic Resources
Associate Professor of Bibliography
Catalog Department
University Libraries
University of Oklahoma
Co-owner, PERSNAME-L, the list about personal names in bibliographic and authority records
From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam L. Schiff
Sent: 25 May 2016 13:03
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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Profession/occupation terms and gender/ethnicity/nationality/religion etc.
I don’t know why libraries would continue to follow a now obsolete RDA practice.
Adam Schiff
University of Washington Libraries