> Is a long book a better book?
There were long ago those ( and one noteworthy in
particular ) who passionately believed that a long book
was a worse book, as any classicist knows.
See e.g. :
http://www.answers.com/topic/mega-biblion-mega-kakon
and
"Big book, big evil" in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callimachus#Works
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----- Original Message ----
From: Ted Koppel <tpk_at_AUTO-GRAPHICS.COM>
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 5:01:13 PM
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] our profession's bibliographic information
Is a long book a better book?
Why not look at (and adapt) the ONIX Specification P.11, P.15, and P.17 data
constructs, that deal with quantitative measures like the number of
illustrations, the number of prizes awarded, etc., to a title. After all, if a
picture is worth a thousand words, think of how bloated these quantitative
indicators could be!
Ted
Received on Tue Dec 21 2010 - 13:48:28 EST