I agree with Paul Miller that the AUTHOR should be separate
and the PUBLISHER and OTHER-AGENT consolidated. Most
publisher fields are not indexed in library catalogs, author
fields are always indexed.
Rebecca Lasher
Mathematical and Computer Sciences Library
Stanford University
Paul Miller wrote:
Response: keep AUTHOR, consolidate PUBLISHER and OTHER-AGENT
Rationale: AUTHOR is'important', and is also a clear conceptual label
(with frilly edges, admittedly!) that professional and
non-professional users alike can at least relate to. The author of a
work is likely to be one of the major search criteria.
Publisher is more hazy, especially with a large number of electronic
resources. Who, for example, 'published' the hypermail archive for
this list? Loughborough? And, assuming it was them, what does it MEAN
for the work? It is a field which has some value
(especially with electronic versions of printed works), but is
unlikely to carry the same weight as publishers in the paper world,
as there just isn't the same degree of focussing upon a small number
of 'reputable' publishing houses... As such, lump it in as just
another 'Other Agent' and let people make use of it where relevant...
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