LITERARY UNIT VERSUS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL UNIT
LITERARY UNIT VERSUS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL UNIT
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文学单位与书目单位
DOI:
10.1515/libr.1959.9.1-4.79
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发表时间:
1959
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通讯作者:
E. Verona
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作者:
E. Verona
Recent papers on the revision of cataloguing codes have also brought forth new discussions on the objectives of the alphabetical catalogue for author and title entries. As a rule the following three objectives are mentioned: 1) the rapid location of a particular book; 2) the Provision of Information concerning all editions, translations etc. of a given work äs far äs they exist in the library; 3) the provision of Information concerning all works by a given author äs far äs they exist in the library. In practice these three objectives will often conflict with one another, espedally äs far äs the first two are concerned. In order to make this Statement quite clear we shall examine the three objectives separately. We shall ftirthennore describe the general outlines of catalogues built up—in so far äs that is possible—on the basis of only one of these objectives. A catalogue designed for the first objective and neglecting the other two will have äs its basic element the individual book, i.e. the bibliographical unit. In such a catalogue the choice of the main headings äs well äs the compilation and arrangement of the main entries will have to be concentrated exclusively on that element. That is to say that, in such a catalogue, the main headings will be chosen from the particular book itself (i.e. various editions and translations of a certain anonymous work entered according to their particular titles regardless of whether the author can be ascertained or not; names of authors given in the form which appears in the particular book); the descriptions of the particular books will be