> : Is the sentence in brackets by you, Bill? Would
Robert Wade be called
> : Bob Wade in a scientific book?
>
> That's what they called him. Searching a few web
pages on his name seems
> to indicate that's how he's better known, with
Robert being more formal.
> How's he listed on books where he didn't use a
pseudonym?
This is entering into the arcane world of "name authority."
Catalogers have a number of rules to follow when we establish
names in the NAF--the Name Authority File. One of the rules
we follow is establishing a pseudonym when an author has
created a "separate publishing entity." That's why you'll
find books by Richard Stark, Chip Harrison, and Ed McBain
cataloged under those names--as well as catalog records for
books by Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block, and Evan Hunter.
It's not because we don't know any better.
For the perversely curious, here's the Name Authority record
for Bob Wade. Notice that his established form is
"Bob"--"Robert" isn't even present as reference. The 500
fields tell me that there are NAF records also for Wade
Miller, Whit Masterson, and Dale Wilmer. The heading was
established in this fashion not based on usage, but on a
reference source. Ohio State was probably cataloging a book
written under one of the pseudonyms and had to create this
record as part of the name authority procedure.
040 OU $c OU 100 10 Wade, Bob, $d1920- 500 10 $wnnnc
$aMiller, Wade 500 10 $wnnnc $aMasterson, Whit 500 10 $wnnnc
$aWilmer, Dale 663 For works of this author written together
with Bill Miller under joint pseudonyms, search also under
$bMiller, Wade, $bMasterson, Whit,
$bWilmer, Dale 670 OCLC database, 8-13-93 $b(hdg.: Wade, Bob,
1920-) (hdg.: Miller, Wade) (hdg.: Masterson, Whit;
Masterson, Whit, pseud.) (hdg.: Wilmer, Dale) 670 Burke, W.J.
Amer. authors and books, 1962 $b(Miller, Bill, 1920-1961;
wrote with Bob Wade under pen names: Wade Miller; Whit
Masterson; Dale Wilmer)
OK I'll be quiet now.
---------- Jim Stephenson Rare Books Cataloger Getty Research
Institute 1200 Getty Center Drive Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA
90049-1688 Telephone: (310) 440-7232 mailto:
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