From: Walter Felscher <iikfe01@MAILSERV.ZDV.UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 08:50:10 +0200
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Sender: Rare Books and Special Collections Forum <EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1.BITNET>
The word "slug" does occur in the standard dictionaries, but certainly
not with the meaning of a printing history code.
Introducing the use of "slug" in bibliographical publications will,
therefore, cause difficulties of understanding to (1) non-American
readers and (2) neophytes in librarianship.
Walter Felscher, Tuebingen