Thhomas said:

>In the rare cases when I've seen a [sic] in a display it's been a
>disservice especially when it's close to the beginning of a title, as
>it throws off the sort order

I've been repeated told on Autocat than cataloguing practice should
not be guided by system limitations.  This would seem to be a prime
example of that.  Systems can ignore bracketed data in searching and
sorting.

>and in fact most users are none the wiser and so assume [sic] is part
>of the title.

You seem to have less aware patrons than we.


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