Comments on: The Problem with MARC and AACR: the World Doesn’t Disco Anymore http://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: links for 2008-02-16 « Talkabouthttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-30981 links for 2008-02-16 « Talkabout Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:25:27 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-30981 [...] The Problem with MARC and AACR: the World Doesn’t Disco Anymore (Disruptive Library Technology Jes... “And more to the point, let’s not forget AACR where every colon, period, and dash carries meaning versus the explicit description of attributes in XML. Example? Look at 300 |a1 v. (unpaged) : |bill. (some col.) ;|c26 cm. [...] [...] The Problem with MARC and AACR: the World Doesn’t Disco Anymore (Disruptive Library Technology Jes… “And more to the point, let’s not forget AACR where every colon, period, and dash carries meaning versus the explicit description of attributes in XML. Example? Look at 300 |a1 v. (unpaged) : |bill. (some col.) ;|c26 cm. [...]

]]> By: kathleenhttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-173 kathleen Sun, 21 May 2006 16:01:27 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-173 Data archives. Check them out. DATA LIBRARIES FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. Library Trends 30 (Winter 1982).See also Aye-Aye.Thanks for the insights. --Kathleen Data archives. Check them out. DATA LIBRARIES FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. Library Trends 30 (Winter 1982).See also Aye-Aye.Thanks for the insights.
–Kathleen

]]> By: This Old Library at ebybloghttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-172 This Old Library at ebyblog Sun, 21 May 2006 15:55:01 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-172 [...] The Problem with MARC and AACR: the World Doesn’t Disco Anymore At their creation, MARC and AACR propelled library services to new heights of efficiency and usefulness. Here’s my problem, though: we no longer live in the 1970s, and the fundamental tools of our trade should not be based in nearly 40-year-old technology. [...] [...] The Problem with MARC and AACR: the World Doesn’t Disco Anymore At their creation, MARC and AACR propelled library services to new heights of efficiency and usefulness. Here’s my problem, though: we no longer live in the 1970s, and the fundamental tools of our trade should not be based in nearly 40-year-old technology. [...]

]]> By: caleb t-rhttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-91 caleb t-r Wed, 17 May 2006 01:10:24 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-91 good insight peter. i'm glad to find you blogging.related, i was dabbling in ajax recenently and was completely frustrated at the audacity to iterate XML with a language that barely supports arrays.what i *love* about XML is XSLT. i'm sure many transforms are processor hogs, but the result is elegant to me, and i love never even having to wonder whether that semicolon is part of the text or part of the format. good insight peter. i’m glad to find you blogging.

related, i was dabbling in ajax recenently and was completely frustrated at the audacity to iterate XML with a language that barely supports arrays.

what i *love* about XML is XSLT. i’m sure many transforms are processor hogs, but the result is elegant to me, and i love never even having to wonder whether that semicolon is part of the text or part of the format.

]]> By: K.G. Schneiderhttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-88 K.G. Schneider Tue, 16 May 2006 21:22:52 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-88 Dude, this was luminous. Seriously. Dude, this was luminous. Seriously.

]]> By: the jesterhttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-87 the jester Tue, 16 May 2006 15:23:13 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-87 Actually, I lifted the examples straight from <a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/Sandburg/sandburg.xml" rel="nofollow">demonstration MARCXML record from LC</a>. Interestingly enough, there is <a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/Sandburg/sandburgmods.xml" rel="nofollow">a MODS version of that sample record</a> that can be viewed at the directory index, and it has this for the description field:<div style="margin-left: 2em; font-family: monospace;"> <physicalDescription>   <form authority="marcform">print</form>   <extent>1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.</extent> </physicalDescription> </div>Can't MODS do any better than that? Actually, I lifted the examples straight from demonstration MARCXML record from LC. Interestingly enough, there is a MODS version of that sample record that can be viewed at the directory index, and it has this for the description field:

<physicalDescription>
  <form authority=”marcform”>print</form>
  <extent>1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.</extent>
</physicalDescription>

Can’t MODS do any better than that?

]]> By: Kevin S. Clarkehttp://dltj.org/article/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Kevin S. Clarke Tue, 16 May 2006 14:41:22 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/05/the-problem-with-marc-and-aacr-the-world-doesnt-know-disco/#comment-86 Not your point, I know, but get rid of those colons and semicolons in the datafield XML example. MARC needs them (confusing display with structure), but in XML they should be treated as display only (and provided by a stylesheet). :-) Not your point, I know, but get rid of those colons and semicolons in the datafield XML example. MARC needs them (confusing display with structure), but in XML they should be treated as display only (and provided by a stylesheet). :-)

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