All:
The very fact that there are such differing views indicates a problem with
the Coverage element.
--Erik
Erik Jul
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> From: Byron C. Mayes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject: RE: audience
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> At 06:34 AM 9/28/99 -0400, Jul,Erik wrote:
> >Liddy et al.:
> >
> >(Hi, Liddy!)
> >
> >I am having trouble reconciling the DC 1.1 definition of
> Coverage with its
> >use as an expression of intended audience.
> >
> >I do not equate "the extent or scope of the content," which
> seems to capture
> >an aspect of what the content is *about*, with "audience,"
> which seems to
> >capture an aspect of intended use.
>
> I'd read "extent or scope" more along the lines of depth. An item can
> discuss Martin Luther King, Jr. or the Solar System at a
> level that can be
> understood by children (a "juvenile" audience), or with
> enough depth to
> interest an expert historian or astronomer (an "expert" audience), or
> somewhere in between (a "general" or "popular" audience)
>
> BTW, I'm just using terms I've heard for the sake of example, and not
> suggesting that these are or should be the appropriate terms. Defined
> "audiences" in MARC 21 are Preschool, Primary, Elementary and
> junior high,
> Secondary (senior high), Adult, Specialized, General, &
> Juvenile, plus
> "Unknown" and "No attempt to code" (though in most cataloging
> I've ever
> done -- always for academic institutions -- we only used
> "Juvenile" or we
> didn't "attempt to code"). The Choice book reviews always indicate an
> appropriate audience as well using terms like "undergraduate
> majors" and
> "graduate students". Personally, I think "juvenile", "general", and
> "expert" would be enough for web documents. Most of what I've seen is
> either for children, for experts, or just "there".
>
> Byron
>
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