February 2012
Our original edition was published using a Sigma IX mainframe computer in 1982. In the late 1980's, our subscriptions peaked at about 1,200. While you've undoubtedly moved on to adventures in RDA, electronic resource management, and discovery layers, should things ever spin out of control-- should you care reminisce about a "simpler" time-- you can find your faithful guide to each and every rule of bibliographic life, resting comfortably, here.
Alan Boyd, Associate Director of Libraries (alan.boyd@oberlin.edu)