New post on RDA Blog http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com : RDA Cataloging Rules for Pseudonyms with MARC 21 Examples http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/03/rda-cataloging-rule... This article answers following frequently asked questions about cataloging practice of pseudonyms in Resource Description and Access (RDA), a new library cataloging standard replacing Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Library of Congress / Program for Cooperative Cataloging practice for creating Name Authority Records (NARs) http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/search/label/AUTHORITY%20RE...for persons who use Pseudonyms http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/03/rda-cataloging-rule... : Q1. How many NARs http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/search/label/AUTHORITY%20RE... are needed for contemporary persons who usepseudonyms http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/03/rda-cataloging-rule... ? Q2. How do I decide which name to choose as the basic heading when creating NARs for a person with multiple pseudonyms http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/03/rda-cataloging-rule...? (DCM Z1 663— Complex see-also reference—Names) Q3. Is it required to make a NAR http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/search/label/AUTHORITY%20RE... for every pseudonym http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/03/rda-cataloging-rule... associated with a contemporary person? Some persons purport to have ten or more pseudonyms but in my catalog we only have works under one or two of those names – are there limits set on the number of NARs required? (DCM Z1 667 Cataloger Note section) Q4. Should the 663 note technique also be used in a corporate name NAR when providing 500 see-also references for the members of a group? (RDA Chapter 30) Q5. Can the 663 note be used without coding the 500 field with subfield $w nnnc? (MARC 21 Format for Authority Records, 663 field) Q6. What about creating NARs for non-contemporary persons? Where is the guidance? Q7. What about different real names used concurrently by authors? Q8. How do I handle a situation when a pseudonym conflicts with another name and there is no information to add to either name to differentiate them? Do I create an undifferentiated NAR (or add the name to an undifferentiated NAR if it already exists)? Do I add the prescribed 663 note as well as the 500 coded “nnnc” to the undifferentiated NAR? Q9. How do I handle LC classification numbers: Do I add the same LCC (053) on each NAR of a pseudonym? What if the pseudonym http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/03/rda-cataloging-rule... is used on non-literary works? Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.