is it common thought for digital library managers to think subject headings are worthless? I mean, I know keyword searching is great and all, but I'm pretty sure I have read over and over again that keyword searching and subject headings are complementary.
@EthanDF I've just been spending a little time with the excellent "Still a lot to lose: the role of controlled vocabulary in keyword searching" by Gross, Taylor, and Joudrey. (http://repository.stcloudstate.edu/lrs_facpubs/45/) Lots of good stuff there if you're trying to make a case!
@spellproof will try to add quotes into my conversation with her surreptitiously.