Kevin is absolutely correct. Library users inform me that geographic qualifiers for some corporate bodies are incorrect because I omitted a critical part of the name when I created the AAP. For example, a few patrons have pointed out that a particular cemetery is NOT in the city of Saint Joseph; rather, it is in the Saint Joseph Township. The city and township are distinct and separate entities. Unfortunately LC-PCC PS 16.4 requires that the critical part of the name (Township) cannot be included.
Tim Watters Special Materials Cataloger Library of Michigan 702 West Kalamazoo St P.O. Box 30007 Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Tel: 517-373-3071 e-mail: watte...@michigan.gov<mailto:watte...@michigan.gov> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kevin M. Randall wrote: It does not make sense to me, when you end up with a qualifier that is ambiguous or wrong. This is not analogous to cross-referencing a variant of a variant. This is deliberately making something not only less specific than it could or should be, but sometimes actually wrong--and all for some unknown reason. If you have two distinct places that have the same name, and the only difference in the AAP for the place name is the addition of a qualifier (such as ": North", ": South", ": Province", ": Township", etc.), that qualifier is a critical part of the name for the purpose of identifying the place (else why are we using it anyway?). If you need to use the place name as a qualifier for another name, removing the place name's qualifier immediately obscures the identity of that place. "Place A (Larger Place)" is NOT the same as "Place A (Larger Place : Township)". If I'm formulating the AAP for the name of a place or body located in Place A Township, and need to use the name of the township as a qualifier, leaving out the word "Township" results in an AAP with the WRONG place name in the qualifier. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
