[yul-naco] Proposed Yale policy for adding death dates

[Manon Theroux]

Dear NACO catalogers,

The NACO Coordinating Committee has recommended that we adopt the 
following as our local policy for when to add death dates to NACO 
headings with open birth dates. The policy will be presented to the 
Cataloging Coordinating Council next Thursday for approval. Please 
let me know if the policy is not clear and/or if you have any 
suggestions for revision.

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Suggested Yale policy:

Do not apply the LCRI 22.17 option to add death dates to existing 
personal name headings with open birth dates as a matter of course. 
Add the death date only under these circumstances:
    * the heading is needed in current cataloging, the death date is 
readily available, and you have chosen to exercise the option
    * the heading is being updated for another reason and the death 
date is readily available
    * the death date is needed to resolve a conflict with another heading
    * a patron has requested the addition of the death date to the heading
Reminder: adding the death date will require the updating of any 
name-title authority records associated with the name.

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The policy would be incorporated into "Yale Policies for NACO Name 
Authority Records" under 2A:
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/names_policy.htm

Many thanks,

-Manon
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