At 01:46 PM 7/30/2006, Gary L. Strawn wrote:
>Isn't it sad that this proposal--which been around in various guises for
>years--is being driven this time at least in part by featureless library
>systems? What do we pay these vendors for? (I hasten to add that
>Northwestern's own batch correction facilities have no problem dealing
>with 490s and 8XXs; and we have code in place that in effect undoes what's
>proposed here: convert a 490:1 into a 440 and delete the 830 when the 830
>matches the 490:1.) Simply allowing people with inadequate library
>systems to use a 490:1/8XX in all cases is a trivial matter, and obviously
>doesn't cause serious problems because several institutions have been
>doing this for a while. (But please leave the 440 field alone.)
Amen, on all counts.
I would also note that at least one authority control vendor offers to
option to do what Gary describes above: to convert 490:1/8XX to 440 when
the content of the two fields match.
John Attig
Authority Control Librarian
Penn State University Libraries
University Park, PA
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