[DCRM-L] Question about NACO.

[Oksana K. Linda]

Hello:

I have a question about possible joining NACO. I understand that small 
libraries are required to contribute at least 100 new or modified records 
annually. Is it still so? Currently I'm the only cataloger at the library 
and to produce 100 authority records per year is not practical. However, I 
feel that it's important for specialized collections such as Clements 
Library to be able to invest in authority work. Any chance of my joining 
NACO without quota?
I'd appreciate any advice on this matter.
/Oksana.
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Oksana Katerine Linda
University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library
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 --On Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:45 PM -0600 Robert Maxwell 
<robert_maxwell at byu.edu> wrote:

> Oksana,
>
> I am assuming you are asking about the form of the heading and not
> whether or not Mrs. Wilson should have main entry?
>
> Given the information you have provided, the heading "Wilson, Mary
> Elizabeth Lyles, 1860-1924"-for which there is apparently NO usage
> evidence at all-appears to be a pre-AACR2 heading. You should evaluate
> the heading according to the evidence you find-what is the (most)
> commonly known form? If the "Mrs." Form is the most common, I would use
> that as the basis for my heading: Wilson, W. H., Mrs., 1860-1924, with a
> reference in the authority record for Wilson, Betty Lyles, 1860-1924; or
> vice versa if the evidence shows the Betty Lyles form to be the most
> used. The authority record should probably also include a reference from
> the heading you found "Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Lyles, 1860-1924". I
> suppose since the form "Mrs. Wilson" also appears on the book you should
> also have a reference from "Wilson, Mrs. (Betty Lyles), 1860-1924.
>
> I try to base decisions like this about form of heading on the evidence I
> find and try not to be misled by headings I see already in OCLC even if
> they are unanimous. (I try to avoid the "All we like sheep have gone
> astray" syndrome :-)
>
> Any chance of your joining with the University of Michigan NACO
> catalogers to get this name established?
>
> Bob
>
> Robert L. Maxwell
> Head, Special Collections and Metadata Catalog Dept.
> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
> Brigham Young University
> Provo, UT 84602
> (801)422-5568