Constructing Access Points
- Dunlap, Jennifer
- Linda Isaac
(DRAFT IN PROGRESS)
N.B. In alignment with Houghton Library's DIBAR endeavors, catalogers will focus on prioritizing entities who are or were members of traditionally or currently underrepresented and/or marginalized communities.
When to create a new access point?
Construction of Authorized Access Points for Agents
Personal Names
See RDA Toolkit: Chapter 9 - Identifying Persons
Pseudonyms
https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pseud.pdf
RDA 9.2.2.8 - Individuals with More Than One Identity
- If an individual uses one or more pseudonyms (including joint pseudonyms), consider the individual to have more than one identity
- If an individual uses his or her real name as well as one or more pseudonyms, consider the individual to have more than one identity
Example)
Charles L. Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Printer's Widows
1) If a woman is referred to as a "printer’s widow" in the resource being cataloged and/or in reference sources and her personal name is known, use her personal name for constructing the authorized access point. In the authority record, add a variant access point for the personal name of the printer and qualify by "widow of."
Example)
On item-in-hand: In officina vidue Christophori Ruremundensis
In reference source: Ruremund, Catherine van
100 1 _ $$a Ruremund, Catherine van
400 0 _ $$a Vidua Christophori Ruremundensis
400 1 _ $$a Ruremund, Christoffel van, $$c widow of
2) If the widow of a printer is identified only as the widow of the printer, establish the authorized access point as a phrase in direct order. In the authority record add a variant access point consisting of the husband’s name followed by "widow of".
Example)
On item-in-hand: Sumptibus viduae Gothofredi Liebernickelii
100 0 _ $$a Viuda Gothofredi Liebernickelii
400 1 _ $$a Liebernickel, Gottfried, $$c widow of
3) If the widow of a printer is identified only by a surname and term such as “widow,” establish the authorized access point following the provisions in RDA 9.2.2.9.3, and add a variant access point for the name in direct order.
Example)
Item-in-hand: Printed by the Widow Cuthbert
100 1 _ $$a Cuthbert, $$c Widow
400 0 _ $$a Widow Cuthbert
Corporate Bodies
RDA Toolkit: Chapter 10 - Identifying Corporate Bodies
Authority toolkit:
Gary Strawn, Northwestern University, has created a helpful automated program for creating authority records in Connexion. The documentation and download information can be found here, and the admin for Harvard Libraries can be found here. The program can be downloaded from home.
https://files.library.northwestern.edu/public/oclc/documentation/
https://harvardwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/LibraryTech/Authority+Toolkit+admin