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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: 710 field mystery - cataloging and authority record question
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:04:00 -0400
From: Amy Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization: Harvard College Library
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Greetings Howard!
Consult LCRI 24.14 (Library of Congress Rule Interpretations) for
determining whether a corporate heading should be direct or indirect.
Bests,
amy
Maps-L Moderator wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 710 field mystery
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:01:05 -0400
> From: Howard Stone <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> I'm cataloging a map and making an added entry for the North Dakota Water
> Commission. It's in the LC Name Authority File (see ARN 402740) entered
> directly.
>
> However, similar bodies are entered subordinately, for example: North
> Dakota. Capitol Grounds Planning Commission (ARN 100455); or North
> Dakota.
> Commission on Alcoholism (ARN 285946).
>
> I'm mystified why similar government agencies are sometimes set up
> directly, and sometimes set up subordinately. Can someone kindly shed
> some
> light on this? I find this lack of consistency frustrating.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Howard Stone, Map Cataloger, Brown University
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