James,
No, I think we are on the same wavelength.
My point was exactly that AACR2 is for professionals, not the general
public. But since most of us are professionals, we are used to complex
rules and have to use caution that we don't create a standard that is
too complex for the public to use. Otherwise, we will have two sets of
resources, the ones we (the professionals) deem it proper to find in a
full and precise manner and the ones that are still lost in the chaos.
And any site (yes even a porno site) might be useful depending on what a
person is trying to do. So all sites deserve the same basic level of
cataloging/description.
Paula Browning
University of Oklahoma
GA--Bizzell Library
James Weinheimer wrote:
>
> Are we talking past each other here? AACR2 and any other genuinely useful cataloging rules are all
> far too complex for the average user. We should never expect that Joe Q. Public is going to follow
> any useful rules at all, when--and if--he decides to catalog his personal web page.¢
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