On Fri, 25 May 2012, Ross Singer wrote:
> How is the cover image any less informational than the extent or the
> subject headings/classification?
It's not keyword-searchable? :)
Seriously, though, the cover is less of a problem that the jacket, which
is (at least with fiction) designed to be titillating, not informational.
In fact, you could be arrested for titillating a patron in the stacks,
couldn't you? :)
PS: "GMAIL", eh? Heh, heh, heh... See the comments following the article
at:
http://www.alternet.org/rights/155479/the_terrifying_ways_google_is_destroying_your_privacy/comments/
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
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CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Received on Fri May 25 2012 - 13:46:16 EDT