Eric Lease Morgan writes eloquently about the aims and purposes of the list. His object is clearly to temper harshness of debate and promote politeness. I agree with this.
In saying,however, that 'Broadly speaking, our goals are similar,' I believe he points to a basic divide that is apparent on this and other lists. It relates to the fundamental purpose of the catalogue. Are we trying to provide a sophisticated tool for scholarly research or a crude finding list. Until this matter is resolved, all discussion about the relative merits of different systems is essentially pointless.
Philip Davis
philipdavis4_at_yahoo.co.uk
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Received on Fri Sep 07 2007 - 04:46:07 EDT