As long as we continue to have the MARC record and this type of
bibliographic control, we need to maintain an appropriate authority
structure for what we create.  That said, I have no problem with
re-examining how we organize and manage information.  If the MARC record
has outlived its usefulness, then let's do something else.  Meanwhile,
let's not dismantle it piece-meal or we will end up with neither an
authority-controlled MARC record nor a suitable replacement.

Aline Soules
California State University, East Bay
tel. 510-885-4596
email:  aline.soules@csueastbay.edu

Chris Blackman wrote:

> I'd be curious to know how many people DO support LC's decision and
> the reason's why. So I hope that a petition is set up as well, but I'd
> want it to have the added explanatory notes. The reasons that people
> DON'T support the decision seem to have been discussed enough on other
> lists, etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> Christine W. Blackman
> Catalog Librarian
> Williams College Libraries
> Williamstown, MA  01267
> 413-597-4403
> cblackma@williams.edu
>
>
>
> Rick Anderson wrote:
>
>> Several people have helpfully responded with a link to the online
>> petition opposing LC's abandonment of subject authority work.  But what
>> I'm actually hoping exists is a petition SUPPORTING LC's decision, not
>> opposing it.  Other responses indicate that no one has set up such a
>> petition yet.
>>
>> ----
>> Rick Anderson
>> Dir. of Resource Acquisition
>> University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
>> (775) 784-6500 x273
>> rickand@unr.edu
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
>>> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Carol Green
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:01 AM
>>> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] [Fwd: LC's Series Authorities Decision:
>>> Online Petition]
>>>
>>> Our senior cataloger forwarded this yesterday:
>>>
>>> To access the petition:
>>> http://www.petitiononline.com/MARC830/petition.html
>>>
>>>
>>> At 12:13 PM 5/1/2006, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know whether there's an online petition
>>>
>>> available to those
>>>
>>>
>>>> who want to express support for LC in this decision?  Some
>>>
>>> of us think
>>>
>>>
>>>> it's the most rational thing LC has done in years...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Carol D. Green
>>> Serials Librarian, Associate Professor
>>> The University of Southern Mississippi
>>> 118 College Drive #5053
>>> Hattiesburg, MS  39406-0001
>>> 601-266-4476 phone  601-266-6033 fax
>>> Carol.Green@usm.edu
>>>
>>>
>>