If we are using authority records from LC, anything other than following
their lead would not make sense.
Brenda
Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
<[email protected]> writes:
>Which is why I suggest that we follow LC's lead in this matter.
>
>Robert L. Maxwell
>Head, Special Collections and Formats Catalog Dept.
>6728 Harold B. Lee Library
>Brigham Young University
>Provo, UT 84602
>(801)422-5568
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tribby
>Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:42 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA Questions
>
>How does open-ended instruction on just how to note birth and death dates
>achieve the interchangeability and all-important granularity that RDA is
>purported to advance? If I record Lee Perry as "Perry, Lee, 1936-" and
>another cataloging agency records him as "Perry, Lee, b. 1936" how does
>that achieve anything other than confusion?
>
>If confusion is our goal, I'm all for it at this point. But somehow I
>doubt that's what we're pursuing here.
>
Brenda Parris Parker
Technical Services/Reference Librarian
Brewer Library
Calhoun Community College
Decatur, AL
