Can I edit or delete non-Latin references that have been programmatically added to name authority records via pre-population?
A9. Yes, but please use judgment and err on the side of caution. Since a cataloger probably won’t have the work that caused the pre-population non-Latin references readily at hand, they should exercise caution in removing or editing non-Latin references. Certain changes are encouraged– for example, egregious errors could be corrected (e.g., obvious typos apparent to someone knowledgeable in the language), and references that were obviously added to the wrong heading can be removed. Because of variant practices adopted by different institutions as to what constitutes the correct form of a non-Latin heading (e.g., whether cataloger-added additions are supplied, and in what script), generally add an additional non-Latin reference to represent a variant formulation preferred by your institution rather than changing an existing reference that represents another formulation of the same name.
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