Re: After MARC...MODS?

From: Alexander Johannesen <alexander.johannesen_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:01:46 +1000
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Ok, I'll bite, and then I'm going to leave ;

 Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_biblio.tu-bs.de> wrote:
> Easy answers? Obviously not.

And that's a real shame; catalogers are the input to any catalog. If
the input doesn't reflect what we need in the output, then what?

> Produce reliable results

What's reliable?

> Clearly display differences

Differences between what?

> Bring together what belongs together

Based on the notion of what?

> Present meaningful choices

What does meaningful mean?

> Locate what users want

As opposed to what you've got? Or what they want which you *do* got?

This is not going to be easy. :)


Regards,

Alex
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