All,
We have begun loading the Phase 2 authority records and I am reviewing these changes. I got an 'ugly surprise' when I started seeing 510 fields with $w r Hierarchical superior. I understand that our current catalog is not 'the future', but our current catalog display of many of these references do not make authority control look useful. I'll try a screen print of a simple example: [cid:image003.jpg@01CE2865.6DB83600] We cannot display the wording from the $w r Hierarchical superior in our catalog and even if we could, there is only one piece in our catalog and the two references just waste time for our users. I see how this reference could be useful If this was a corporate body that was not entered subordinately. I have tried to follow RDA developments, but I do not remember discussion on this topic. I don't remember any discussion about this during the RDA/NACO bridge training. Should our 'best practices' include 'do not display, unless entered subordinately'? Comments? Concerns from others? Mary Charles Lasater Vanderbilt University
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