Not all libraries perceive the same needs as other libraries. If "the ILSs are just waiting for RDA to be finalized before rolling out new iterations that can take advantage of the relational properties" then why haven't they already rolled out ILSs that feature "technology [which] already exists, as we can see on the likes of Amazon"? For instance, where is the ILS software that routinely suggests, after I type in "Minn," "Minnesota," or "Minnie Minoso," or "Minnie Mouse" for that matter? (I sincerely hope that some listmembers have this feature in their ILS or cataloging software, BTW, as it does seem like an obvious imporvement). As I mentioned a few months ago, our head of IT cautioned us that we might not want to get rid of 10-digit ISBN capabilities in our systems because we still have customers whose ILSs can't handle the 13-digit ISBNs.
ILS vendors have been slow to add a lot of features over the years. How many years did it take before they stopped using stopwords and started reading non-filer indicators? Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com
