Re: Does cataloging have value? [the word "catalog"]

From: Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_nyob> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:46:48 +0100 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> 
> Even here in our own venue the word "catalog" has so many connotations that
> it makes it difficult for us to communicate. 

"A new name for the catalog" has been clamored for not just in this
forum for years. When this happens, there is invariably some skirmishing
and dispute, but up until now no result and no semblance of consensus.
But then, what exactly would a new name actually change?

B.Eversberg