In reply to my remark:
> >If you wonder what I'm getting at, try to find a
> > representation of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" in any library or catalog.
>
James Weinheimer wrote,
> This is what I pulled from Princeton's online catalog.
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. KOFE
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. SELECTIONS. 1976
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. SUITE.
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. SUITE. ARR.
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. SUITE. ARR. 1983
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. SUITE. ARR. 1988
> TCHAIKOVSKY PETER ILICH 1840-1893. SHCHELKUNCHIK. VALS TSVETOV
>
> This is how uniform titles work, and I think they work very well.
And that's exactly what I wanted to point out to the DC community.
>
> > End-users seldom look for a "Creator"
>
> Are you saying that people don't look for the things that Goethe wrote?
> That has certainly not been my own experience. I believe that author
> searches are probably the most utilized searches of all.
>
If this is so, and as a librarian I'm convinced it is, then by all means
impose strict rules on the DC.Creator element, or you will never find all
Goethe's writings with one search. IOW: introduce authority control or
be prepared to face chaos.
> > they look for an artifact, mostly something one would call a "work" (in library > cataloging terms).
>
> The idea of work vs. manifestation can be viewed in many different ways.
> I could argue (and many have) that what it is users want is precisely
> manifestations and can't really even understand the concept of "work".
> In either case, the catalog handles it all now.
Yes, but DC implementations?
B.E.
Bernhard Eversberg
Universitaetsbibliothek, Postf. 3329,
D-38023 Braunschweig, Germany
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