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There's also the Middletown case that John Hostage mentioned. According to Wikipedia and the sources its article cites, "Middletown" was the name used by the the Lynds in their sociological studies of Muncie, Indiana. Should "451 Middletown (Ind.)" be added to the authority for Muncie? And if so, how should it be distinguished from the authority for the actual Middletown, Indiana? Thanks, Stephen On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 9:51 AM Margaret W. Hughes < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear NACO Advisory Group, > > I'm wondering if this is a "one-off" decision or a pattern to be followed > going forward. In the case of Kalikaha, the cataloger didn't know it was > pseudonymous when they first established it. If I get a work about a place > with a pseudonymous geographic name and *I know that it is pseudonymous*, > should I establish it in the NAF with a 675 and 667 note such as the one > below? Or, not bother establishing in the NAF? Do we need a policy for > establishing (or not) pseudonymous geographic headings when you know the > name is pseudonymous? > > thank you, > Margaret > > Margaret W. Hughes > Metadata Librarian for Humanities, Social Sciences & Africana > Head, Classification Unit > Metadata Department > Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305 > https://library.stanford.edu/people/margarin > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> on > behalf of naco <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2020 5:01 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* Re: [PCCLIST] pseudonymous geographic name heading > > > PCC list readers, > > > > Denis Brunke asked a very interesting question last week about the > pseudonymous place Kalikaha. There were many different opinions posted by > PCC list readers. The five members of the NACO Advisory Group looked at the > issue and came to agreement. The Advisory Group will take these actions: > > > > 1) Leave the authority record for Kalikaha (n 88194374) in the > LC/NACO Authority File and re-code it to RDA > > 2) Add an updated BGN search citation in the 675 field > > 3) Add a 667 note: > > 667 Kalikaha is a pseudonymous name for a Senufo village whose > real name is unknown; the pseudonymous name was chosen to preserve the > privacy of the town and its residents. > > > > If the real name is ever revealed, the situation will be reevaluated in > light of the new information at hand. > > > > The authorized access point Kalikaha (Côte d'Ivoire) may be used for > both descriptive and subject access. > > > > NACO Advisory Group > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> *On > Behalf Of *Denis Brunke > *Sent:* Thursday, July 16, 2020 4:45 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [PCCLIST] pseudonymous geographic name heading > > > > Regarding: Kalikaha (Côte d'Ivoire) [n 88194374 ] > > > > I'm still not sure how to proceed. It's not really an "imaginary place" > like Wakanda or Middle Earth. It's a fake name for a real place, a real > individual village. But we don't know the real name. In fact the author > wants that real name to be secret, so they don't suffer political > repercussions. > > > > Should the name authority record be deleted or edited? Does it really > deserve a subject authority record as a fictitious place? Or maybe there > shouldn't be any authority records at all for this? > > > > > > Denis Brunke > > Original Cataloger > > University of Wisconsin--Madison > > 312 Memorial Library > > 728 State Street > > Madison, WI 53706 > > Phone: (608) 262-3529 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > -- Stephen Hearn, Metadata Strategist Data Management & Access, University Libraries University of Minnesota 170A Wilson Library (office) 160 Wilson Library (mail) 309 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Ph: 612-625-2328 Fx: 612-625-3428 ORCID: 0000-0002-3590-1242