James Weinheimer wrote: > In turn, I hope this helps you understand the importance of consistency in > library catalogs and that to break that consistency has consequences, > some of which may be difficult to foresee even for catalogers.
We must also understand that progress is *always* going to involve varying kinds and degrees of inconsistencies. If we're going to insist on absolute consistency, we're going to be stuck with something that's increasingly out of date and irrelevant. Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Bibliographic Services Dept. Northwestern University Library 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-2300 email: k...@northwestern.edu phone: (847) 491-2939 fax: (847) 491-4345
