You may all be aware that personal names have been entered somewhat inconsistently on MICHAEL, as demonstrated by the drop-down menu at http://www.michael-culture.org.uk/mpf/pub-uk/people.html?from1=browsePeople.
The MLA would like to encourage all users to adhere to the following format: Surname, Firstname (dates), for example:
Booth, Charles (1840-1916)
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
At a meeting in June, one MICHAEL cataloguer suggested we should further decide between the AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) or NCA (National Council on Archives) rules for personal names, for example:
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (NCA)
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) (AACR2)
Puddicombe, Anne Adaliza (NCA)
Beynon Puddicombe, Anne (Anne Adaliza) (AACR2)
(examples taken from http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/pdfs/Using%20ANW%204.ppt, slides 9 & 13)
Until such decision is reached however, and feel free to share your views on this, it would still greatly increase the quality of the content on the MICHAEL website if the Surname, Firstname (dates) format could be followed.
You may also find the Library of Congress Authorities website http://authorities.loc.gov/ of some use.
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