James said:
>Have there been complaints from our patrons about this?
I assume your institution does not serve English speaking children.
Yes, there have been repeated complaints about Geronimo Chilton items
being scattered from A to Z. Some libraries use him as main entry;
some adopt nonstandard Cuttering; and some just put up with the
complaints.
Entering and Cuttering under the stated author is the standard way of
description and call number assignment. We started entering and
Cuttering as Twain rather than Clemens decades ago. To do otherwise
with Geronimo Chilton is a departure from standard practice which
should end. If RDA ends this silly exception, great. But the problem
could have dealt with more easily and expeditiously by accepting
Geronimo Chilton as the pseudonym it is.
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