[DCRM-L] Northern Ireland (and not just England, Scotland and Wales) in 752

[Tony Curwen]

Perhaps this one should be put on hold for another three weeks?   Alas,  
power-brokers, politicians, planners – and people generally – never seem  
to have the courtesy and common-sense to consult cataloguers about the  
implications and likely consequences of their actions before plunging  
ahead.  "Disunited Kingdom ... "  ?  "Former United Kingdom ... " ??

T.C.
Englishman married to a Scot, living long in lovely west Wales
Former consultant, CERL
(It's high time I gave up reading the postings on this list, but they're  
addictive!)


On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:38:27 +0100, Erin Blake <EBlake at folger.edu> wrote:

>
> Does anyone know if there's ever been a campaign to get "United Kingdom"  
> instead of "Great Britain" as the authorized form of the >name in the  
> Library of Congress Authorities file?
>
> Our practice is to use LC-NAF as our source for the 752, and to start  
> with the top order political jurisdiction. Unfortunately, that >means we  
> end up with things like  "752 $a Great Britain $b Northern Ireland $d  
> Belfast" which is just plain wrong.
>
> Maybe time for us to  switch to the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names  
> as our source?
>
>
> Having our users search on "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern  
> Ireland" and getting "See: Great Britain" as the result is >embarrassing.
>
>
> EB.
>
>
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