Thinking about it that way sadly doesn’t make it sound any less ridiculous.
“Oh yes, sir, we’ve got more JK Rowling, sir, but we’ve catalogued it under Beedle the Bard. Yes, sir, we’re fully aware it’s not by Beedle the Bard, really, in the same everyone else does, and that that part of the title page is fictitious, but because the book says it’s by Beedle the Bard, we’re pretending on the catalogue it’s true....” “Really sir, moronic and ridiculous are very strong terms! This is a LIBRARY, sir! We have STANDARDS!!!” *sigh* Martin Kelleher Metadata Manager University of Liverpool From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of M. E. Sent: 11 October 2013 23:41 To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character) Another way to think about it is to consider the "identity" as being responsible for the work, not the flesh-and-blook human being bearing that name (real or pseudonymous). -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
