Performance evaluation of bridges with structural bridge deck overlays (SBDO) / by James J. Griffin, Issam E. Harik and Ching Chiaw Choo. (OCLC #866579013)
There was already a James J. Griffin in the authority file, a professor (now emeritus) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of Maryland. His vita does not mention this publication, or have any evidence that he is a structural engineer; this report is likely by a different author, so we had to make his heading unique in some way.
We did not know this James J. Griffin’s middle name (to build a fuller form), or date of birth, so we followed RDA 9.6.1.9 and used his profession/occupation to distinguish him:
Griffin, James J. (Structural engineer)Haha! This is so funny!
1. How ironic is it that this publication comes across tumblr, but isn’t in my collection like its supposed to be at work? Guess I know what I’ll be doing on Monday.
2. So many people bash on RDA, but I love seeing examples of when it’s more practical then AACR2.
1. What a coincidence! Do you collect that specific series? We are in the process of adding all of these documents to our institutional repository, and are doing original cataloging for quite a few of them.
2. Glad to hear it! I’ll keep posting them as I find them. 🙂