Analysis of Theories on the Disusing the Main Entry
1959 Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 69-79
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1959 Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 69-79
Supplying the previous essay published from pages 33 to 50 in Vol. 4, No. 3 and at the same time answering the opposite remarks, the following points are emphasized:
1. Without having any relation among orders of description of the books, cataloging cards are ordered only by the subjects. It is fairly possible to separate the subjects and description if the secondary order of filing is used at randam or distinctively. But it is a question whether this method is superior system or not.
2. In the added entry of joint authors a heading of main entry becomes a barrier, but it can not be said that the main entry itself is non-sense. In many cases the main entry system is the effective method in cataloging.
3. At present Chinese characters are used in heading but it is necessary to use Roman letters or Japanese syllabary, and it is effective for the main entry system. Under the rule of American Library Association it is compared with cataloging of the documents in Russian language.
