Creator_name
From cataloguing manual:
ISAD(G) 2nd edition also mandates creator name as a compulsory field all the way through a catalogue. Current Wellcome practice varies slightly from this; creator name is mandatory at Collection level only but should be used at lower levels to describe material that has a different, significant creator.
This would apply to AV recordings catalogued as part of an archive collection, where the creator of a work may be (is likely to be?) different from the creator of an archive (but there may also not just be 'one' creator).
14. Creator_Name [ISAD(G) 3.2.1]: To record the authorised standard name of the creator(s) of the material: whether an individual or an organisation.
Rules:
· Use this field at the most appropriate level. It is mandatory for collection level records and should also be used at lower levels when describing material that has a different, significant creator.
· Only one creator name per field. Repeat the field as required for each creator.
· If the creator is unknown leave this field blank.
· Search the Library of Congress Name Authorities[1] (which feed into Sierra). If the individual or body exist as creators here, copy the name in the form given here (to ensure cross-searchability).
· If the name is not there, search the Calm name authority database. If an authority record exists, paste the authorised name into the Creator_Name field and edit to bring punctuation into line with Wellcome’s standard for this field: we do not use brackets for dates (e.g. “Watson, Thomas, 1850-1927.”).
· If no name authority exists for the required individual, create one and copy the authorised name form into the Creator_Name field of the item being catalogued, before bringing punctuation into line as stated above.
· See Section 9 for instructions on creating an authority records and linking them to the catalogue record.
[1] http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First (click on the Authority Headings Search link above the search box and chose Name Authority Headings);
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