The LC G schedule for maps might be interesting to think about. Map classification numbers include the date of publication AND the date of information.
Janet Swan Hill, Professor
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ted Koppel
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:33 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] dates
Do you really want to ignite the types of arguments that would (no doubt) follow?
When was the Old Testament created? Historians and scholars could make a case for a span of thousands of years.
What about the New Testament? One could make a case for 0AD, but the more accurate date would be in the 4th century somewhere.
And those two are just for starters.
Your point about Plato / 1986 is well taken, but is the solution more or less harmful than the problem?
Ted
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Truitt, Marc
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:23 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] dates
On 07/26/2011 08:07 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> I wish a next-generation library catalog would include a field for
> date, not the date of the publication, but the date the thing was
> conceived. I'm tired of seeing works containing the dialogs of Plato >
and having a date of 1986 or whatever. IMHO, dumb!
>
I like this idea. Perhaps an element for a FRBR Work record?
Of course, in the current climate toward creation of rich metadata, it might be a hard sell to the bean counters.
[sigh]
- mt
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