Re: [CLBP] Participation agreement

On 10/30/06, James W. <emindahken@...> wrote:
> FWIW, if the book ends up being cataloged by OCLC (Online Computer
> Library Center--the source for catalog records for libraries) and
> University libraries, there is a limit of 3 access points for authors.
> What this means in layman's terms is that someone could do a search in
> a library's catalog for up to 3 people as "author." Any more than that
> and only the *first* author has an access point. (Don't ask me why,
> that's just the way it is.) This is called, informally, the "rule of
> three." No catalog record can have more than three access points for
> authors, or editors.
I certainly hope it will. :-)

Is this three authors *and* three editors, or three total?

And is this compatible/incompatible with having four authors in other
areas? We could just have the top three be listed for OCLC purposes
after all.

 - Sai

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