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I'm not seeing any consistency in "Law professor," "Professor of law," "Law teacher," etc. as a qualifier. This inconsistency for academics is also not unique to law. Robert On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Benjamin A Abrahamse <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My guess would be that this qualifier does not come from a controlled > vocabulary. The record was created in 2009, prior to the release of RDA and > its changes to the way we select qualifying terms. It was “RDA-ized” > probably in 2015, but I would guess the qualifier was already there, and > had been added to distinguish from the other Peter Siegelman, whose record > seems to have been created in 1989. > > > > Prior to RDA, the practice of qualifying names by profession relied > heavily on usage, and what the cataloger saw was (as we see in the first > 670): “Peter Siegelman; Roger Sherman Professor of Law”. > > > > --Ben > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask] > GOV] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Thomas > *Sent:* Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:16 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [PCCLIST] (Professor of law) as personal name qualifier > > > > I just came across the following name, established by LC: > > Siegelman, Peter (Professor of law) > > https://lccn.loc.gov/n2009079304 > > > > When I establish personal names for law professors and a qualifier is > needed, I generally use (Law teacher) based on the LCSH term, since LC-PCC > PS for 9.16.1.3 indicates that controlled vocabulary terms are to be > preferred. There is no applicable LCDGT term I can find. Does anyone know > what controlled vocabulary “Professor of law” might have come from, or > other rationale for using it? I’m not going to change this one, but > thinking about what I should use in the future. > > > > *Christopher Thomas, M.L.S.| Electronic Resources and Metadata Librarian* > > (949) 824-7681 | fax (949) 824-6700 | [log in to unmask] > > Law Library · University *of* California · Irvine > > www.law.uci.edu/library > > >