Happy friday everyone I have a question about birth dates. I just had a discussion with someone who suggested that new AAPs were required to have a birth day (year) in the 100 $a Surname, name, $d 2018- For the creation of AAPs.. RDA 9.19.1.3 states: Include a date of birth (see 9.3.2 <http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-4489#rda9-4489>) and/or a date of death (see 9.3.3 <http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-4541#rda9-4541>) if needed to distinguish one authorized access point from another. Record the year alone. LC-PCC PS for 9.19.1.3 presents an optional addition: LC practice/PCC practice for Optional addition: Add a date of birth and/or date of death to new authority records, even if not needed to distinguish between access points. I was taught by my trainer not to add qualifying information to AAPs unless needed - but that it is generally good practice to add 046s if that information is available. :::: This practice of adding birth dates to AAPs is optional, correct? If it is not, why does the PS say it is for optional addition? Also, If I did add a date to 046 $f ____-__-__ $2 edtf, am I also required to add that date to the heading? If so, where does it say it is required? Are the NACO contributors out there e-mailing to acquire birth date for EVERY new access point being produced? This seems excessive to me. What do people think? Thank you much -- Jesse A Lambertson Head of Cataloging & Metadata *Georgetown University Law Library* [log in to unmask] Ph: *202-662-9167*