re Skip miller and Slim Pickens: Well, there they are, those records, though I should have thought that a case could be made for 400s for Miller, Skip and Pickens, Slim--ondeed, for any such formulation. Certainly in the latter case it's only specialists who know that he's Ryan. RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY BROWN UNIVERSITY :: PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912 :: 401-863-1187 <Richard_Noble@Br <[log in to unmask]>own.edu> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Prochazka,David <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I’d follow the pattern used in these RDA AAPs: > > Miller, William “Skip” > > Pickens, Ryan “Slim”, 1972- > > > > I don’t see anything in RDA that says to ‘deconstruct’ the elements of a > personal name and prefer some elements more than others. > > > > Of course, ant variety of VAPs might be added. > > > > David— > > > > David Procházka | Music/Special Materials Cataloger | The University of > Akron | Bierce Library—261C | Akron, Ohio 44325-1712 | 330-972-6260 | > [log in to unmask] > > > > >