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Someone asked the following:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>Am I correct in
assuming that adding the death date will require the updating of any
personal name fields in any and all bibliographic records associated with
a name that's had the death date added? That may become quite some
amount of work with some of our more prodigious authors or historical
figures.</font></blockquote><br>
The answer is YES. Every time a death date is added to a NACO heading,
all of the corresponding bib records in Orbis will need to be changed. We
will follow our usual procedures (i.e. if fewer than 20 bibs need to be
changed, fix them yourself. If more than 20 need to be changed, notify
me). <br><br>
We definitely don't want catalogers spending all of their time scouring
newspaper obituaries and "cleaning up" headings! That is why we
made the policy somewhat conservative as to when the death date could be
added. <br><br>
I do worry about what NACO catalogers at other institutions might be
doing and whether we will be able to keep up with Orbis heading
maintenance. But I guess we'll just do the best we can.<br><br>
-Manon<br><br>
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Manon Théroux<br>
Authority Control Librarian <br>
Catalog Department, SML, 2-8376</body>
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