Apr. 14th, 2004 03:43 pm
Think I'm persnickity about spelling?
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muckefuckMy promise to my readers: I will continue to avoid that "Grab the nearest book to you..." meme, if for no other reason than that determing the nearest book to me when I'm at work is not a trivial task.
Earlier today, the Chef de Reference showed me the list of titles called up by a keyword search on "propoganda" and asked what I could do about them. She's expressed interest in the back office before, so I felt comfortable getting technical. I explained to her that, since the Title field is a descriptive one, I couldn't correct a misspelling in it unless I was absolutely sure that it was an input error. If the spelling on the book was "propoganda", I'd have to retain it and add another, searchable field with the correct spelling. She responded "That's the most anal thing I've ever heard!"
Welcome to the world of bibliographic cataloging!
Earlier today, the Chef de Reference showed me the list of titles called up by a keyword search on "propoganda" and asked what I could do about them. She's expressed interest in the back office before, so I felt comfortable getting technical. I explained to her that, since the Title field is a descriptive one, I couldn't correct a misspelling in it unless I was absolutely sure that it was an input error. If the spelling on the book was "propoganda", I'd have to retain it and add another, searchable field with the correct spelling. She responded "That's the most anal thing I've ever heard!"
Welcome to the world of bibliographic cataloging!