Jim Weinheimer wrote "But if ONIX data comes from publishers, they should know better than anyone else in the world where they are located. All they have to do is look out the window or if that doesn't work, ask the person in the next desk what town they are in." True enough. (And funny.) I do think it's it's important information, for our folks who buy and receive materials and for our folks who need to identify materials with bibliographic representations.
Ed Jones had written:
"For modern publications, I have never seen a convincing argument for spending time and effort on the place of publication except for obscure publishers ... "
Im not sure what modern means in this context. For videos, DVDs, printed music, some reports, and likely other materials, having a place of publications for these modern materials is a great help.
Daniel
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Daniel CannCasciato
Head of Cataloging
Central Washington University Library
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
dcc_at_cwu.edu
Received on Sun Jan 02 2011 - 11:57:34 EST