Form of the name
Order of elements
Indicators
Additions to names
Initials
Duplicates
- AACR2, Chapter 22. Headings for Persons. See in particular 22.2A,
22.5C, 22.5D.
- See also, MARC21 format standards in the .
Form of the name
For
a
number of years, it was UNBIS policy to establish the fullest form of
the name; subsequently, however, the AACR2 policy of establishing the
form most commonly used by the author/subject has been adopted. See
AACR2, chap. 22.2A. Thus,
100 1 _ $a Carter, Jimmy
400 1 _ $a Carter, James Earl
In
general,
from the 1990s onwards, it has been UNBIS policy to follow Library of
Congress (LC) practice in establishing personal name headings. Where it
differs, the LC form may be added as a cross-reference and designated
as such by adding the notation "DLC" in subfield $5.
For names that are
transliterated from non-Roman script languages, such as Arabic, follow
the transliteration scheme used by the UN, which may differ from LC's.
100 1
_ $a Chinery-Hesse,
Mary
400 1 _ $a Chinnery-Hesse, Mary $5 DLC
[the spelling "Chinery" confirmed in Ãå±±½ûµØsources.]
100
1 _ $a ElBaradei,
Mohamed
400 1 _ $a El Baradei, Mohamed $5 DLC
["ElBaradei" is invariably used in all official sources.]
Note:
Some old UNBIS headings
still have "[LC form]" added to the name in 400,
$a.
Order of elements
Quick Tip: Pay attention to the
language of the author/subject.
Generally,
the form for personal name headings is governed by the individual's
language. For most personal names, the elements are inverted, i.e., the
Surname precedes the Forename, separated by a comma:
Cady,
Duane L.
Podporina, Irina Vsevolodovna
If
a person has a compound surname,
the rules for the order of elements varies according to the person's
language. For example, if the person is Spanish-speaking, both surname
elements precede the forename (s):
Cuervo Pontón,
Luis Enrique
A
Used For (400) cross-reference is made from the second surname:
Pontón, Luis
Enrique Cuervo
If
the
person's language is English, Portuguese or one of the Scandinavian
languages, however, the second of two surnames is the entry element:
Shearer,
Barbara Smith
[English speaker]
Fogh, Inga
Eriksson
[Swedish
speaker]
Gómez Barrantes,
Miguel
[Spanish
speaker]
Penna, Joao Camilo de
Oliveira [Portuguese speaker]
but
Basotos Filho, Jayme
de Araujo [special rule--see 22.5C8]
Note: Portuguese is spoken is Angola, Brazil,
Portugal, etc.
There
are also rules for compound surnames with separately written
prefixes-consult AACR2 22.5D.
Some
names, for example, Malay names, are entered under the first
element of the name, with cross-references from other
elements.
100
0 _ $a Lamin bin Haji
Mohd Yunus, Tan Sri Dato'
[Tan Sri Dato' are titles of honour, rank or
position]
The
last section of AACR2 Chap. 22 deals with
additional "Special Rules for Names in Certain Languages".
Indicators
Note
also that the indicator varies according to the
entry element-see the for the MARC21 standards. Generally, the
first indicator is 1 if the entry element
is a surname, 0
if the entry element is a forename entered in direct order (e.g., Malay
names).
100
1
_ $a Lancaster, Carol
100
0 _ $a Abdullah bin
Haji Ahmad Badawi, Datuk
400 1 _ $a Badawi, Datuk Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad
Additions
to names
Dates
or another distinguishing trait, if available, may be added to
distinguish between two individuals with identical names-see AACR2,
chap. 22.17-22.20.
100 1 _ $a Koo, V.K. Wellington, 1888-1985 [father]
400 1 _ $a Koo, Wellington, 1888-1985
100
1 _ $a Koo,
Wellington, 1922- [son]
But
if there is no distinguishing trait, use the same heading for all
persons with the same name. In this case, the value in Tag 008/position
32 «Personal
Name»
would be b (undifferentiated personal
name).
It
was long a practice for the Library of Congress to add dates, whenever
available, to authorities for personal names. This has not been the
practice in UNBIS, but sometimes dates have been added for historical
personages. Note also, that according to MARC21 dates should be added
in subfield $d, but UNBIS practice has
been to use
only subfield $a for all information.
If
the LC established heading includes dates but the UNBIS heading does
not, record the information in tag 670
[Source Note], subfield $b.
For example,
100
0 _ $a Abdullah
bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, Datuk
670
$a LC
name auth. $b Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, Datuk, 1939-
Also
as
noted in the Introduction, in UNBIS, personal names, whether of
speakers
in deliberative proceedings or of candidates for appointment to UN
bodies, may be qualified by the name of the individual's country, which
is added in subfield $g. No information
is
added to this record. A separate, primary, authority record for the
person should be created.
[authority
record no. 663506]
100 1 _ $a Durrant, Patricia $g (Jamaica)
[authority
record no. 569128, the primary record]
035
$a A0107659
040
$a NNUN $b eng $f unbisn
100 1 _ $a Durrant, Patricia
670
$a E/2000/SR.18 $b speaker (Jamaica)
905
$a DHL
915
$a PN
If
the expansion of initials is known, it should be added in parentheses
as a qualifier.
100
1 _ $a Dwyer, D.J.
(Denis John)
400 1 _ $a Dwyer, Denis John
100
1 _ $a Baker, James
Addison
400 1 _ $a Baker, James A. (James Addison)
Initials
In
UNBIS practice there is no space between
letters in initials or abbreviations, whereas AACR2 (chap. 24.1A)
specifies that there be a space between a full stop and the following
letter.
100
1 _ $a Dwyer, D.J.
(Denis John)
[compare to LC form: Dwyer, D. J. (Denis John)]
400 1 _ $a Gromyko, An.A. (Anatolii Andreevich)
400 1 _ $a Gromyko, Anat A. (Anatolii Andreevich)
Duplicates
There
are many personal name duplicates in the
UNBIS Name Authority File because historically less control was
exercised over personal names. For many years, for example, it was
UNBIS policy to establish only compound surnames (e.g., Cuervo Pontón,
Luis Enrique). For Ãå±±½ûµØdocuments, personal names are indexed only for
specific types of documents.
Names
appearing in the Index to Speeches (ITS)
were subject to internal
editorial (not Name Authority) control only within the parameters of a
single edition and not from one year to the next. The ITS used to be
produced from a separate database but was merged with UNBIS in December
1999. A large number of the personal names from ITS have an added
subfield $g because of the need to
identify the speaker with
his or
her country or organization. Separate name authority records should be
created for the speakers, but owing to the overwhelming number of
personal name headings in general, and ITS name headings in particular,
no systematic attempt has been made to do so.
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