I think that OCLC's WorldCat Publisher Pages |
http://worldcatpubs.oclc.org/wcp , which relies on place of publication
data, to be a type of useful application that makes recording place of
publication, preferably sourced from the publishers, worth doing.
Bryan Campbell
Danville, PA
On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 17:50:36 -0800, Ed Jones <ejones_at_NU.EDU> wrote:
>For modern publications, I have never seen a convincing argument for
spending time and effort on the place of publication except for obscure
publishers (where the full address might be even more helpful). AACR2 tried
to make this element optional back in 1978, but by the time the code was
implemented in 1981 most libraries (including LC) had decided they would
treat it as mandatory. RDA tried to make it optional again but this effort
has been successfully beaten back.
Received on Sun Jan 02 2011 - 12:42:58 EST