[Yulcat-l] Draft of Yale response to LC proposal on adding dates to headings

[Manon Theroux]

Dear Yulcatters,

Attached is a draft of the Yale response to the LC proposal. Many thanks to 
those of you who took the time to send me your responses. Those of you who 
haven't done so ... it's not too late to send me your "vote" but I'd need 
it by noon on Thursday.

Thanks,
-Manon

>I recently circulated the URL for an LC proposal to allow the addition of 
>dates (especially death dates) to existing personal name headings. Here it 
>is again:  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pndates.html
>
>The NACO Coordinating Committee will be meeting on Monday morning at 11am 
>to formulate a Yale response to this proposal. If you have an opinion on 
>the proposal, please do let me or one of the committee members know ASAP 
>(preferably by the end of the day on Friday or early Monday morning). Tell 
>me if you would:
>
>1. Reject the proposal (thus favoring the status quo).
>2. Approve the proposal in its entirety.
>3. Recommend a slightly different approach to the problem (and provide 
>details).
>
>The Catalog Department M&P staff had a brief but stimulating discussion of 
>the proposal at their monthly meeting this morning. At the meeting, I 
>promised to compile the comments that have been posted to the PCCList (an 
>online discussion list) thus far. I did a search of the list's archives to 
>retrieve the comments and edited the results quickly (though by no means 
>perfectly). The formatting is rough but I think it's still readable:
>http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/PCCListDeathDates.doc
>
>I've also put up a 1-page document that identifies some of the options 
>that have been discussed:
>http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/LCDatesProposalOptions.doc
>
>I welcome comments and questions from all staff.
>
>-Manon
>
>
>____________________________________________
>
>Manon Théroux
>Authority Control Librarian
>Catalog Department
>Yale University Library
>P.O. Box 208240
>New Haven, CT 06520-8240
>
>203-432-8376 (tel)
>203-432-7231 (fax)
>manon.theroux at yale.edu
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