What Should Catalogs Do?
Produce reliable
results
Clearly display
differences
- Succinct yet precise
description
- Strictly following "item
in
hand"
- Main title page as
primary
source of
information
- Differentiate versions
of
works
- International Standard
for
description:
ISBD
- Order and punctuation
- Largely
language-independent
- Assist automated
de-duplication