Compare and Contrast, Or, The Unexamined Cataloging Record Isn't Worth Inputting
Abstract
More subject tracings. More notes. More added entries for persons, groups, and titles. More up‐to‐date terminology. More specific topical headings. More analytics. More subject access to single literary works. That's what will make online (and most other) catalogs work better. But is our primary cataloging source doing it? Judge for yourself by comparing these Library of Congress and Hennepin County Library records for small and alternative press titles:
Citation
Berman, S. (1989), "Compare and Contrast, Or, The Unexamined Cataloging Record Isn't Worth Inputting", Collection Building, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023247
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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