PCC Colleagues:
      I agree with Gary.  Adding a date to an otherwise "perfectly good 
non-embarrassing heading," just because we can, is a bit irresponsible. It 
means that database maintenance departments all over the country (including 
stressed, one-person operations) must update that perfectly good 
non-embarrasing heading in their catalogs.

-- Jim LeBlanc


At 01:55 PM 10/26/2006, you wrote:
>I'm going to respectfully disagree.  It's one thing to tinker with a 
>heading if we think we look stupid when a heading indicates that some is 
>alive when everyone knows that they're dead.  But what exactly is the 
>point of tinkering with a perfectly good non-embarrassing heading if it's 
>not causing a problem?  Don't we have enough to do already?
>
>(Personal aside to all those out there who think adding *birth* dates to 
>non-conflicting headings that don't contain any dates at all is a good 
>thing:  Please stop!)
>
>
>Gary L. Strawn, Authorities Librarian, etc.
>Northwestern University, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208-2300
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]   voice: 847/491-2788   fax: 847/491-8306
>Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.


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