[WEB4LIB] Re: Two steps forward, three steps back

[Drew, Bill]

Be careful using the term "normalization" because it means something
completely different when you are talking about the databases and search
engines behind the web opac.  It deals with data structure and having
the same data in as few places as possible.  This is especially true for
Oracle based web opacs. 

Bill Drew

> One of the motivating reasons for the normalization of cataloging and
> card catalogs was to make it easy for users to go from library to
> library to continue their research.