Library Cataloging
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- Dates In Mads
The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Comments are welcomed. The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to MADS. Some of these will be changes to bring it up to date with changes...
- Authority Records
News from OCLC regarding notification of authority records with death dates added.The Library of Congress recently announced a change in policy about adding death dates to personal name heading and a revision to the LCRI for AACR2 rule 22.17 that allows...
- Name Authority Records
On February 6, 2006, CPSO commenced a special project to add death dates to a selected list of name headings. The project is expected to end by Summer 2006. The list of name headings included in this project is accessible online. Authority...
- Addition Of Dates To Personal Name Headings
This announcement was made on AUTOCAT. You should have seen it there, I'm reposting just in case you missed it.One message that was very clear from the correspondence is that a change to the current policy is indeed needed. Once a management decision...
- Proposal To Delete Lcri 1.0g, Accents And Other Diacritical Marks
In 1982, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) issued Library of Congress Rule Interpretation (LCRI) 1.0G, Accents and Other Diacritical Marks, that prohibits the use of accent marks on initial capital letters of words in manifestations published...
Library Cataloging
Dates in Authority Records
News from LC
In June of 2005, the Library of Congress Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) invited comment on this list (and others) regarding a proposal to allow the addition of death dates to headings in the LC/NACO Authority File. CPSO received 139 responses-- it was rewarding to see the tremendous response and interesting discussion that this proposal stimulated, and we would like to thank all those who responded.The original proposal was slightly modified based on comments received to limit the addition of death dates to those headings with "open" birth dates (the kinds of headings perceived by catalog users as wrong, misleading, or outdated).LCRI 22.17 was just revised and republished (Feb. 2006) to reflect this change in policy. LC's plan for implementing this revised policy, as well as details regarding a special project to add death dates to 300 headings for prominent persons, is available (this page also contains links to the original proposal and a discussion of the responses receieved).Questions, comments, etc., can be sent to cpso@loc.govAuthorities
- Dates In Mads
The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Comments are welcomed. The MODS Editorial Committee is considering changes to MADS. Some of these will be changes to bring it up to date with changes...
- Authority Records
News from OCLC regarding notification of authority records with death dates added.The Library of Congress recently announced a change in policy about adding death dates to personal name heading and a revision to the LCRI for AACR2 rule 22.17 that allows...
- Name Authority Records
On February 6, 2006, CPSO commenced a special project to add death dates to a selected list of name headings. The project is expected to end by Summer 2006. The list of name headings included in this project is accessible online. Authority...
- Addition Of Dates To Personal Name Headings
This announcement was made on AUTOCAT. You should have seen it there, I'm reposting just in case you missed it.One message that was very clear from the correspondence is that a change to the current policy is indeed needed. Once a management decision...
- Proposal To Delete Lcri 1.0g, Accents And Other Diacritical Marks
In 1982, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) issued Library of Congress Rule Interpretation (LCRI) 1.0G, Accents and Other Diacritical Marks, that prohibits the use of accent marks on initial capital letters of words in manifestations published...