Re: [ARSCLIST] proper cataloging terminology: acetate vs lacquer?

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
> I believe the catalog is, among other things, a tool in the preservation
> process.  I've believed this for over 50 years, from the day I joined the
> Music Libary Association, and have been noisy about this ever since.  It
may
> not be a popular stance, but it is the proper one and I finally feel some
> movement in this direction.
>
> Apart from the recognition of the need for such data, the liberating event
> has been freeing of the profession from the 3 x 5 card.  Eventually, I'm
> certain, this will be a standard.  I've made my viewpoint known to those
> working on the forthcoming AACR revision but am not optimistic though I
> expect it will be reflected in AACR 4.
>
What is AACR?

Steven C. Barr
(who still has about 16,000 3x5 cards from his original cataloguing
system...)