id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13708 Hill, Janet Swan The Northwestern Africana Project: An Experiment in Decentralized Bibliographic and Authority Control 1981-07-01 7 .pdf application/pdf 4135 165 47 These manuals (Subject Cataloging Manual, Descriptive Cataloging Manual, and Rule Interpretations and Of- ficial Revisions), combined with ready access to LC databases through the online computer link, proved a great benefit not only to project staff but to all cataloging personnel. 2 ยท3 Our experience with these projects, com- bined with increased nationwide discussion of a national bibliographic network, led us to in- vestigate ways to test the feasibility of produc- ing a high-quality bibliographic database whose records would be consistent with LC' practice, which could be submitted to a ceo- janet Swan Hill is head of the Catalog Depart- ment, Northwestern University Library , Evanston, Illinois. cache/crl-13708.pdf txt/crl-13708.txt