On 7.6.2010 17:42, Anna Headley wrote:
> On 6/7/2010 10:23 AM, Ere Maijala wrote:
>> If using subfields is too difficult, it's got a lot to do with the tools
>> we use. Who said, for instance, that you need to enter all the data
>> directly to a MARC record? I used to work on a system that allowed the
>> cataloguer to enter most of the metadata in a form and see the MARC
>> record be constructed by the system simultaneously. You didn't lose any
>> flexibility or the heart of the data, but you could tab through the
>> fields and fill them very quickly. This is just to say that most of our
>> user (staff) interfaces don't do a very good job with the data entry.
>
> hear, hear!!!
>
> What was this system?
A domestic ILS, ATP Origo. Used in a lot of Finnish public libraries
that still use FINMARC (which, by the way, also has a lot more structure
than MARC 21).
--Ere
--
Ere Maijala (Mr.)
The National Library of Finland
Received on Mon Jun 07 2010 - 10:48:11 EDT