Resumen de More Than a Name: A Content Analysis of Name Authority Records for Authors Who Self-Identify as Trans

Kelly J. Thompson

• With the adoption of FRAD and RDA, the scope of name authority records has broadened from a record supporting an authorized heading to a fuller description of a creator. Meant to help user discovery of resources, these practices are problematic when the record describes an author who self-identifies as trans. In this research, name authority records (NARs) for self-identified trans creators were analyzed. This analysis examined the 375 field for �gender,� the contents of that field, and other representations of (trans)gender identities throughout the record. Name authority record creation practices should be examined to ensure that an author�s agency to self-disclose their identities is respected.