Alexander Johannesen wrote:
"... we should ban punctuation, slashes, brackets and that visual aid
ilk from MARC *now*, and then address the whole issue of findability
from the point of the users instead of the providers."
Just a reminder that those slashes, brackets, etc. have nothing to do
with MARC. That is ISBD punctuation found in AACR2. MARC and AACR2 are
two separate things, although they are used together. The public
generally cannot see any of the MARC codes, although MARC codes do
determine how the data is displayed on the screen.
Dodie Gaudet, MSLS
Bibliographic & Technical Services Consultant
Central Mass. Regional Library System
8 Flagg Road
Shrewsbury MA 01545-4665
508-757-4110 x307
dgaudet_at_cmrls.org
Received on Thu Aug 23 2007 - 06:59:55 EDT