Re: Not a joke -- we really SHOULD index binding color/spine color

-collection management
-public services staff who need to know the size of an item (folio etc) so
they
can determine if they need to bring a book truck with them to retrieve items
etc
-strategic planning, relocation of collections, damage due to disasters,
floods etc
and insurance for library collections in case of fire, natural disasters
etc

these are just a few starting points on "does it matter"  

/ cheers, Karen awaiting the snow storm # 2...

Karen Weaver, MLS, Adjunct Faculty, Cataloging & Classification, The iSchool
at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA email:
karen.weaver@.../ Electronic Resources Statistician,
Duquesne University, Gumberg Library,
Pittsburgh PA email: weaverk@...

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Williams, Ann <awilliams@...> wrote:

> Probably true on both sides: people would think we're cataloging on
> steroids and patrons really do value the look of a book. Does anyone except
> librarians care about height? I suppose it helps to catalogers identify
> whether another printing should be on the same record, but does a few inches
> matter to patrons except in rare cases (mini versions of books)? Shouldn't
> weight also matter? I bet more patrons come in looking for a book by color
> or thickness than height.
>
> And frankly, the time cataloging experts have spent on GMD and SMD with so
> little benefit for patrons...
>
> Ann Williams
> Pope Pius XII Library
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: AUTOCAT on behalf of Marian Veld
> Sent: Tue 2/9/2010 12:06 PM
> To: AUTOCAT@...
> Subject: Re: [ACAT] Not a joke -- we really SHOULD index binding
> color/spine color
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Janet Hill <Janet.Hill@...>
> wrote:
> > I think that Phalbe Henriksen says it just right (below)
> >
> > It would cement the opinion of those non-TS types who are certain that
> > catalogers have no perspective on "the real work" of libraries and that
> they
> > just like to talk about details and rules, without regard to what really
> > matters.
>
> I think if we asked some of those non-TS types (i.e. reference
> librarians), they'd find indexing biding color much more valuable than
> some of the minutiae we actually do focus on.
> --
> Marian Veld
>
>

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