...
- Create a LCNAF record via NACO if you can base it on a library resource in hand or a trusted surrogate of same;
- If you are not a NACO contributor, either
- pass the information on to someone who has that capacity, or
- create a name access point that is unique as prescribed by RDA (see recommendations below), so that it will not be erroneously changed by Alma preferred-term correction.
...
- Create a LCNAF record via NACO if you can base it on a library resource in hand or a trusted surrogate of same, and update the OCLC and Alma records accordingly
- If you are not a NACO contributor, either
- pass the information on to someone who has that capacity, or
- create a name access point that is unique as prescribed by RDA (see recommendations below), and add the qualifying information to the heading in both OCLC and Alma to cancel the link to the incorrect LCNAF record.
...
Specific guidance for personal name access points
...
The most vulnerable names are unqualified personal names—that is, X00 fields with content only in the subfield a. To ensure the uniqueness of the access point, be compliant with RDA instructions for constructing the authorized access point for a person (http://access.rdatoolkit.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/rdachp9_rda9-5466.html) while always taking the option of including one or more of the following additional pieces of information.
...
NB: RDA prefers the use of birth and/or death dates as a qualifier if they are known, with other qualifiers available if dates are not known (RDA 9.19.1.3-8). However, you are not required to track down dates if they are not readily available.
...
- If you find an appropriate LCNAF, change the access point to the established form;
- If you do not find an LCNAF record, and if are a NACO contributor, you may create a NACO authority record if you can bases it on a library resource in hand or a trusted surrogate of same, and change the access point accordingly;
- If you do not find a NACO record, and you do not wish to create one or are not a NACO contributor, please leave the access point as it is, or qualify it with more meaningful qualifying information, as instructed above.
NB: Please do not create new access points qualified with “$$c (Harvard local name).”
Revised 2018-06-12