First, to give credit where it is due - that quotation about standards was the work of Andres (Andrew) Tannenbaum, who coined it in around 1995. ( I have used it many times in talks and presentations). He's Dutch, and a fairly big name in the internet standards world.
But, to the matter at hand: Poshi, the determination of which classification system to choose should primarily be based on (a) your collection and (b) your clientele. In some ways LC is overkill and in other ways underkill for a small specialized, focused collection. Good as LC's "B" , "BM", and "BS" (Religion, Judaism, and Bible) sections may be, they're not as sensitive to Judaica as Elazar is. [Although I have always been amused about how the Library of Congress assigned the initials "BS" to mean Bible... someone with a sense of humor.] I agree with Daniel Rettberg, the UC Davis argument is spurious. Go with Elazar. Ted Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
