In Perfect

In Perfect every library would have all new books. In Perfect every book would be exactly the same size when you put it on the shelf. Of course, when you removed it from the shelf it would become exactly the right size for the reader. In Perfect the Library of Congress would have a record for every book in existence and that record would be, well, perfect. In Perfect the Library of Congress would not have 31 records with the author listed as (illustrator), or any records with the author listed as edited by or 8 records with the author listed as (author), . There wouldn't be any by Author, No. There wouldn't be 6 by (translator), and 30 by editor, . In Perfect you wouldn't have to download and import these perfect records. You could just wave the book at the computer and it would be automatically downloaded into your database. In Perfect, since Library of Congress records would be perfect, no record would ever have to be edited but if it did all Librarians and Peasants would be born knowing Marc cataloging. In Perfect books are shelved perfectly and inventories are instant and perfect. In Perfect, the Internet never goes down, the Union Catalog never goes down, the Intranet never goes down and there is never anything for Websense to block. But we don't live anywhere near perfect and Walgreens doesn't carry Marc records.