Sounds like a fair summary to me. For discussion's sake let's imagine
what we'd do if Allen's #1 came to pass. LC stops providing shared
cataloging - and the Congressional committee overseeing LC management
back's management up.
What other ways are there to meet the need for the intellectual tools
for shared cataloging, and that substantial portion of cataloging work
we're used to LC providing?
M. Andrews
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[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of MULLEN Allen
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:52 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Mann's critique of the Calhoun report
Would it be fair to briefly summarize Mann's critique of Calhoun's
report as follows:
1. LC is threatening to abandon its commitment to provide the
intellectual tools and accomplish a substantial portion of the
cataloging work of the nation's libraries
2. LCSH and browsing are useful to scholarly researchers
3. Calhoun wants to abandon library catalogs in favor of Google Book
If I'm off the mark, how would you summarize it?
Allen Mullen
Cataloger
Eugene Public Library
Received on Wed May 23 2007 - 14:56:38 EDT