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Re: [ARSCLIST] Cataloging: Libraries and private collectors
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Matt Snyder wrote:
> And yes, their
> needs often differ considerably; certainly their methods of describing
> their holdings are very different (catalog versus finding aid). But both
> strive to meet the information needs of people in any way possible, so in
> that way they have much more in common than not.
>
As you mention, from the literature I have read, archives have different
needs and are most often (in theory) arranged by collection...with a
collection being centered on an individual, organization, subject, etc.
Is having an archive do a complete MARC record for every item, at cross
purposes with respect to the functionalism of an archive, versus a
library? Or is it not desirable to make such generalizations?
Karl