On 4/30/07, Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:
> The big
> question is whether we in libraries can afford to create metadata the
> way we have in the past.
Certainly not with the crappy tools we're currently using, nor the
"only by hand" mentality we're applying. I think the library world
needs to make a decision wheter quality metadata is seriously our
domain in the future or not, and then put more efforts into making
that superior in any way possible. The current tools are appaling (as
discussed elsewhere), and certainly not economical. I suppose copy
cataloging was an attempt to solve the economics of parts of this
problem, but I feel we've also become a bit sloppier because of it.
And - and this is something I've gone on about in the past - MARC, as
the defacto records format that we all use, doesn't support copy
cataloging; no proper versioning nor source control. (no, original
cataloger is *not* good enough, and in fact often has a negative
impact on the reuse value of the record, nor is versioning of the full
record only of any real value)
regards,
Alex
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