We
think about librarianship being primarily about cataloguing and
inventory; knowing which books are in stock and exactly where they
all are. The profession itself regards its work as being about
precise service; matching what a customer wants …
Category: GLAMR
Commonwealth of Data
One of the funny things that’s come up in my readings is the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (A. A. C. R.). The idea behind it was that people should be able to read and decode any catalogue/library entry, by use of a common format. The fact of the ex…