Cataloging magic

Silver spent the day casting spells at the Great Union Combined Catalog Institution. For those wondering, the GUCCI should contain the wisdoms of all the libraries in all the villages of the Duchy. Or it could be that it contains as much fallacy and superstition as actual wisdom. Of late, the GUCCI has become obstreperous, refusing to release information on demand, giving wrong answers instead of right answers, and generally being a pain. Dots suspect that the GUCCI might have been hanging around the Black Dot Queen and picked up some bad habits. Silver was attempting to knock out some of the more egregious fallacies with carefully placed spells. This involved a lot of grumbling and a great many consultations with Purple, Turquoise, and Sage over the finer points of Catalog Magic. Silver was overheard muttering "Would you look for your mother under that heading?!" and Sage was heard exclaiming in a loud voice "How are you going to find the RIGHT dog book without an author?!!" There was also a lot of discussion about whether Cataloging Magic could be taught or had be absorbed through the skin like moisturizer. And then there was the whole discussion of whether Cataloging Magic was too dangerous to be taught, like enriching uranium. Would this require international inspections and lead to sanctions? Would teaching the small cataloging spells inevitably lead to that horror of all Catalog Magicians, the Uncontrolled Subject Heading Cascade? If the Dots don't hand out the right spells, will that little hedge witch, GoG, hand out her spells (shudder)? And then there is the whole religion issue. Is the LOC the one god or not? That can be argued endlessly. The Dots are relieved to be able to discuss philosophy instead of being tangled in the Black Queen's palace intrigues.