andrew said:
>   Thanks for trying to help here bb.

thanks for recognizing the intent.


>   I'm trying to move ahead with something that
>   will actually contribute to making PG content
>   more accessible to many people out there.

that's a great goal.  putting your plan on a wiki
-- the _plan_, not necessarily the catalog itself,
although that might be a rather good idea too --
will ensure that other people will cumulate on it,
if your current execution doesn't take it all the way
to completion.  otherwise, the institutional memory
will be lost, and they'll be starting from scratch again,
just like you are now.  make sure your work _persists_.

a wiki will even help in getting new people "up to speed"
as the come on-board your effort.  it's rather unwieldy to
access the archives of these listserves, as well as to keep up
with "the current policy" when it necessarily evolves quickly...

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as for dewey decimal and the o.c.l.c., why don't you approach
them and tell them you'd like to use their system for p.g., and
maybe even ask them to contribute some of their _expertise_
in addition to simply granting permission.  i would think that
some people over there might be happy to do pro bono for p.g.

-bowerbird