[107] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
RE: USMARC Fields and Data Elements, Pt. II
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Dwyer)
Tue Apr 28 11:35:47 1992
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1992 10:27:42 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Jim Dwyer <jim_dwyer%macgate.csuchico.edu@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
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Thanks to all who worked on the study of USMARC fields required to "catalog"
online catalogs. This raises the larger questions of whether and how to
represent a variety of externally available resources in the online catalog.At
what point to we reach "bibliographic overkill?" Assuming that we do list other
online catalogs in the online catalog or a more comprehensive information
system, I would like to suggest one small addition: software version or release
number. New software releases may offer significantly enhanced capabilities
and/or may have significant flaws. ("The large print giveth. The small print
taketh away."-Tom Waits) The release number could probably be included in the
file information or technical details note.
Jim Dwyer
Chico State University
Statin' for me. Chico speaks for himself, Groucho knows the secret word, and
Harpo Blows his own horn.
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