At 05:26 PM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>We are updating the spine labels on our biographies (changing the old "B"
>designation to 921, etc.) and have come across a couple of questions:
>
>1. How is a biography about Napoleon listed. We find references for
>listing it as 921 NAP, 921 BON 921 BUO
Bonapart is the family name, but he is most commonly known as (and was
crowned as) Napoleon I, in much the same way as Elizabeth Windsor is called
Elizabeth II . Its really your call. Remember, cataloging is simply a way
of making the collection available to patrons. If your patrons are likely
to look under Napoleon instead of Bonapart, then file under Napoleon; but
be consistant....do it that way for all biographies of him. The convention
in AACR II is to go with the throne name, so its Henry IV, not Henry
Lancaster (thus 921 Henry, not 921 Lancaster)
>2. Same question, but about Leif Erickson (Eriksson?).
Leif the Lucky didn't have a family name as such...he was Leif, Erik's
son. Over time, Erik's son morphed into a family name of Eriksson, which
became Erikson or Ericson. Since he is almost always referred to as Leif
Eriksson, and since the Scandinavian peoples now universally use family
names, I'd go with 921 ERI.
> Listed as 921 Lei
>or 921 ERI? I lean toward 921 ERI, but other sources seem to indicate it's
>921 LEI
As a small side note, in the 921's I spell out the full name (921 ERIKSSON,
921 CLINTON, 921 JEFFERSON) of the subject as an aide to patrons, though it
makes for some long labels. How do others handle the 921's?
Mark Williams
Librarian
Colton High School
Colton, CA 92324
mark_williams@eee.org
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