>I still hope to see a catalog able to answer my favourite query: >"fiction written by German speaking female authors (born in 19th century)" >I do not expect Google to do that. Or should I?
Wikipedia actually does do that: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenliteratur#Deutschsprachige_Autorinnen_1870.E2.80.931945 However, as a feminist I do object strenuously to this sort of thing: http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/04/26/is-wikipedia-ghettoizing-female-writers/ Christina Linklater Technical Services Houghton Library Harvard Yard Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 e: link...@fas.harvard.edu t: (617) 496-9190 f: (617) 495-1376 ________________________________________ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] on behalf of Dan Matei [d...@cimec.ro] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:33 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] The "A" in RDA -----Original Message----- From: James L Weinheimer <weinheimer.ji...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:51:25 +0200 > > I hesitate to give up on catalogs so easily. Me too ! I still hope to see a catalog able to answer my favourite query: "fiction written by German speaking female authors (born in 19th century)" I do not expect Google to do that. Or should I ? Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Matei director, Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Mobil, Imaterial și Digital [Movable, Intangible and Digital Heritage Department] (aka CIMEC) Institutul Național al Patrimoniului [National Heritage Institute], București [Bucharest, Romania] tel. 0725 253 222, (+4)021 317 90 72; fax (+4)021 317 90 64, www.cimec.ro
