TARGET: Cataloging with birth dates

[Susan Aroldi <saroldi@IDT.NET>]

I find that in the MARC records included with our orders, some
author entries have birth and death dates, and some don't.  This of
course often results in having two separate listings for one author,
one with the date and one without.  In the interests of simplifying,
I am thinking of leaving out all birth and death dates.  What do
you elementary school librarians do?  Is this a common practice --
or are those dates sacrosanct?

I'll post a hit if there is interest.

Many thanks

Susan Aroldi
Oradell Public School
Oradell, New Jersey 07649

saroldi@idt.net
http://idt.net/~saroldi

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