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== Do other participating institutions have to follow LAC's recommendations? ==

== Do other participating institutions have to follow LAC's recommendations? ==

Each institution is free to follow these or not, according to its own internal policies. For institutions choosing to follow LAC's recommended practices, it is also possible to record the full birth date in a person’s authority record, if the cataloguer has received consent from the person. This practice is considered acceptable by LAC, even though it is not part of its initial recommendations.   

Each institution is free to follow these or not, according to its own internal policies. For institutions choosing to follow LAC's recommended practices, it is also possible to record the full birth date in a person's authority record, if the cataloguer has received consent from the person. This practice is considered acceptable by LAC, even though it is not part of its initial recommendations.   

   

   

== May we add a date in a $d subfield, in an authorized access point, in an existing Canadiana record? ==

== May we add a date in a $d subfield, in an authorized access point, in an existing Canadiana record? ==