Diane Hillman reviews the Study of the North American MARC Records Marketplace:
http://managemetadata.org/blog/2009/11/24/bugs-in-amber/
An excerpt:
"The interest of the scientist in amber is that it stops the process of decay for those creatures lucky (or unlucky) enough to be captured in its grasp. The amber captures a moment in a bug’s short life in a way that allows us to examine it closely and in detail in our own time, millions of years later. In much the same way, the Study of the North American MARC Records Marketplace by R2 Consulting captures a moment in time, very likely too late to have much of an effect on the future, but just in time to capture the state of the cataloging world before the tsunami arrives."
Received on Thu Dec 10 2009 - 11:07:23 EST