This seems like a good way to ensure that Māori literature doesn’t ever get discovered unless someone is specifically only looking for Māori literature. Ironic

This seems like a good way to ensure that Māori literature doesn’t ever get discovered unless someone is specifically only looking for Māori literature. Ironically using such a system in a library may contribute to its extinction. Libraries are not just repositories of knowledge; they are discovery mechanisms. Putting a tiny fraction of your knowledge under a different discovery mechanism makes it only worthwhile for people and tools already targeting that specific niche, to put in the effort to figuring out how to discover new content there.