At 06:52 AM 7/22/2005, Dinin, Ken wrote:
>The additional objection that has been raised to the revision of existing
>headings to include and/or complete life dates--that only sufficient data
>need be included to render the heading unique--again misses the mark where
>the user is concerned. Do we really want to give this as a justification
>to the general public for our failure to include information that is
>readily obtainable and that may, in fact, be included in the source
>citation notes that in some catalogs are already displayed in the OPAC?
Do we really want to spend our days rearranging deck chairs while the ship
is sinking?
Gary L. Strawn, Authorities Librarian, etc.
Northwestern University, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208-2300
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