[WEB4LIB] How to describe a site?

[Bailey, Katrina]

Depends on how limited you are in indexing. Would you prefer title or
subject access? If you're using a home-grown database, such as for a small
non-funded library, you might have just one access point (far-fetched, but
possible). For example, you have a book called "Pop goes the Weasel" , a
biography of Andy Warhol (no, I made it up). How effective is the title as
an access point? Well, is your client going to ask for "Pop goes the Weasel"
or books about Andy Warhol? There's your answer.

Makes you appreciate how finely tuned AACR2, OCLC, and related
systems/methodologies really are. :-)

Katrina Bailey
Serials/Online Services Librarian
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
kbailey at umhb.edu <mailto:kbailey at umhb.edu> 
254-295-5011

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Michael Sauers [SMTP:msauers at bcr.org]
	Sent:	Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:30 PM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	[WEB4LIB] RE: How to describe a site?

	> In the sites' title I didn't enter the exact title of the site but
a
	> title that I thought best described the information available on
the
	> site.

	Why would you use anything for the title field other that the title
set by
	the author of the site? Would anyone consider making up their own
title when
	cataloging a book instead of using the author's chosen title, no
matter how
	descriptive or non-descriptive it is?

	
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