On 8/5/11 at 2:16 PM, Karen Coyle wrote in part:
"But the fact is that we can only work with the data we have in our
bibliographic records regardless of what data *possibilities* there are in the
MARC record. I believe this is indisputable."
I like this. I just hope that this indisputable fac
Quoting "J. McRee Elrod" :
Don't assume failure on the part of the cataloguer; it may be patron
desire. Patron convenience seems to be the forgotten factor in much
or our discussions.
Not only do I not assume "failure" on the part of the cataloguer, I
don't assume "failure" at all. But the
I said:
>Our smaller clients strongly object to a 240 for translations ...
I should have added they are not very fond of 130s either,
particularly when the 130 says "(motion picture)" and the 245 says
"[videorecording]". They say patrons see it as a contradiction.
They will accept 130s for Bi
Karen said:
>It is easy to find records for translations that do not have a uniform
>title for the original.
Our smaller clients strongly object to a 240 for translations,
particularly if the foreign language text is not on the title page;
they say it confuses patrons. We change the 240 to to
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