Monday, May 14, 2007
I think the reason for using a controlled vocabulary was not for sharing
data among libraries but to bring together (aka "collocate") items with of an
author who uses a variety of names or forms of a name (Twain vs. Clemons), or
on a subject whose name varies (death penalty vs. capital punishment. Cf. "2.
To show what the library has (D) by a given author [or] (E) on a given
subject."Cutter, Rules for a dictionary catalog, 4th ed, 1904, p.12.
Regards,
Jim Agenbroad ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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