I didn't support the 2006 subject heading changes (it wasn't done in the catalog I'm in charge of), so I think the "undignified u-turn" was a wise decision.
In response to this story, in his posting "United by a separate language", Alan Bissett, though, like me, he finds the u-turn "highly welcome," argues that "[t]he triumphant achievements of self-consciously Scottish literature have, paradoxically enough, brought it closer to English writing"
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' librarians .....
ReplyDeleteI think we need to ask Dave Lull about that!
ReplyDeleteI didn't support the 2006 subject heading changes (it wasn't done in the catalog I'm in charge of), so I think the "undignified u-turn" was a wise decision.
ReplyDeleteIn response to this story, in his posting "United by a separate language", Alan Bissett, though, like me, he finds the u-turn "highly welcome," argues that "[t]he triumphant achievements of self-consciously Scottish literature have, paradoxically enough, brought it closer to English writing"