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Okay, wait, I didn't want the 006 at all, I really wanted the 008. Okay... The 008 tells me the bytes mean something different depending on whether the record is a "Book", "Music", "Computer File", etc. Where do I tell which it is, to see what the bytes mean? Still working on it.
= Marc MARC and Cooperativing Cooperative Cataloging: False Economies=
Obviously, a single cataloger can't be expected to spend hours recording every possible bit of metadata that could apply to a work, nor can most libraries provide the level of funding to afford that. However, it ought to be possible to distribute the work and incrementally improve our metadata; although bibliographic utilities could be a nexus for that sort work, valuable information often gets left out of many records.
== Tables of contents and composite works ==
Much science fiction, to give an example, exists as short stories that end up in libraries as in anthologies. Without even a 505, it's impossible for a patron to see if the library has 'The Cold Equations' by Tom Godwin.
