Re: dates

From: john g marr <jmarr_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:31:13 -0600
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

> I want an additional date denoting when -- in all likely hood -- the 
> idea expressed by the creator of the work was conceived/embodied. Put 
> another way, I want to sort search results from older to new. Find all 
> of Shakespeare, sort by date, and then I want to read the oldest one 
> first. Find all things regarding New-Platonism, sort by date, and start 
> reading at the end and go back in time.

  How about implementing OCLC field 045 for this purpose?

  John G. Marr
  Cataloger
  CDS, UL
  Univ. of New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM 87131
  jmarr_at_unm.edu
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