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More than a name: a content analysis of name authority records for authors who self-identify as trans
- Source :
- Library Resources & Technical Services. July, 2016, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p140, 16 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- With the adoption of FRAD and RDA, the scope of name authority records has broadened from a record supporting an authorized heading to a fuller description of a creator. Meant to help user discovery of resources, these practices are problematic when the record describes an author who self-identifies as trans. In this research, name authority records (NARs) for self-identified trans creators were analyzed. This analysis examined the 375field for 'gender,' the contents of that field, and other representations of (trans)gender identities throughout the record. Name authority record creation practices should be examined to ensure that an author's agency to self-disclose their identities is respected.<br />The original purpose of name authority records (NARs) was to give catalogers a framework to record the authorized form of the name of a work's creator to ensure consistency across [...]
- Subjects :
- Information storage and retrieval systems -- Management
Names -- Forecasts and trends
Transgender people -- Forecasts and trends
Libraries -- Management
Gender identity -- Influence
Writers -- Forecasts and trends
Library catalogs -- Management
Company business management
Market trend/market analysis
Business
Library and information science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00242527
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Library Resources & Technical Services
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.500135103