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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Nic,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a very timely question as we’ve been talking about the same thing here—basically we try not to create Agent records for names that cannot be established in the NAF. So for your examples below, we probably would not create an Agent
record for those and would instead try to find another approach. If we did want to make an Agent record for creators like "Bro. Smith" or "Sister Jones”, we’d follow RDA rules where the honorific goes into the Title field (rather than DACS, which I’m not sure
covers name construction). Here’s an example:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Benn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nic Stanton-Roark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 11, 2022 9:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent Records with missing information<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I am curious how others treat entering agent records with only very partial information. We are currently doing item level processing on a significant collection where many of the subjects and even creators
of the records are only described as "Bro. Smith" or "Sister Jones." Sometimes it is clear the same person is being referenced in multiple records, but without an identified first name.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Do you place the humble honorific in the title field? Include a note on the agent record? Place [unknown] in the rest of name field? I paged through DACS but didn't find any references to unknown first names.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any advice. <br>
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