You know, in reading these discussions I've often thought that some of
the changes being made didn't need to be made if we'd just make better
use of the existing Z39.50 standards; but I let it go since the
conversation was about the underlying philosophies rather than any given
system's technical
Joel Hahn said in response to Allen Mullen's successful intregation of
metadata records from a variety of sources into his OPAC:
>Once you open the door to allowing metadata crosswalks as a workable
>solution for "interoperability", you open the door to libraries
>continuing to use MARC21 and AA
J. McRee Elrod wrote:
...
These displays are shamefully short on information. They have a
standard "by" statement, regardless of the relationship of the name to
the manifestation being described (when that information is right
there in the MARC record). They give no indication of pagination fo
Making policy decisions based on current computer limitations is something
that I we had moved passed. Obviously the lessons learned from early
attempts at opac when subtitles and statement of responsibilities were
omitted because of memory considerations have been lost. And there have
been opa
Amen, brother.
Gene Fieg
Cataloger
Claremont School of Theology
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