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Re: Egad, its EADS!!!!



It seems to me that Kim has a point.  There is something to be said in this
profession for having consolidated searchable records.  I for one know as a
researcher how frustrating it can be to have to go to 3, 4 or 5 different
records finding aids to see what there is on a particular subject.  It's not
that I'm against the progress of electronic means of finding "stuff," I'd
just rather not let the technology get ahead of the profession.

Just my humble and inexperienced point of view,

Tom Anderson; Collections
American Museum of Science and Energy

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott, Kim A. <kascott@MONTANA.EDU>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:29 PM
Subject: [ARCHIVES] Egad, its EADS!!!!


>Bonita's explanation of offline responses to her query on EAD is right on
>the mark.  I have long suspected my opposition to this "standard" is shared
>by many who are somewhat timid when bucking a scheme backed by the big dogs
>in this business, and asking them for their opinion in private is probably
>the only way they are going to admit it.
>
>It would be fine thing, in my humble opinion, if all manuscript collections
>in this country had AT LEAST a catalog record in some union list such as
>NUCMC before we all get pressed into some sort of finding aid matrix.  Just
>one little 'ol record; just one, right in there with the books and the
>serials so that some poor slob looking for OK Corral material knows where
to
>find it.
>
>Once we have the catlog records in place, knock yourself out with the
>finding aid.  Add bells, whistles, Visa Card payment boxes, user counters,
>free Irish Spring sample offers, whatever  you like.  Just get the catalog
>record in first, willya?  Somebody out there would really appreciate just
>searching an OPAC once, and not having to go to some special finding aid
>shadow catalog to see if you have anything on their topic other than a
book.
>
>
>
>Kim (the grump) Scott
>
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