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From: Erin Blake <EBlake(a)folger.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:47:07 -0500
With apologies, I've just realized that the following invitation to
comment on DCRM(G), from the chair of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards
Committee, should probably have been sent as well as to the graphic
materials and rare book cataloging listservs. Better late than
never?
Comments should be made by January 3, if at all possible, to give time
to consider them in preparation for the hearing on January 8. Comments
on the draft should be submitted via the "public review" version of the
document in the link below, a DigressIt blog that groups comments and
responses point by point.
Thanks, and please let me know if you have any questions.
Erin. (eblake(a)folger.edu)
-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces(a)lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Stephen A Skuce
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:28 AM
To: dcrm-l(a)lib.byu.edu
Subject: [DCRM-L] DCRM (Graphics): Full draft available for review
Hello,
I'm very pleased to announce that a full draft of Descriptive Cataloging
of Rare Materials (Graphics) is now available for review and comment.
The editors are making available both a pdf of the document and a
"public review" version utilizing DigressIt, which allows for comments
at the level of specific paragraphs, rules, and examples. Comments are
encouraged and are extremely welcome from individuals (or organizations)
whether they have extensive experience or absolutely no experience with
graphic materials. In addition to accommodating comments, the public
review version of the document also contains, within some example texts,
links to images of actual materials that illustrate the specific example
and rule.
DCRM(G) is also the first DCRM to incorporate "RDA alternatives" into
the rules.
This draft is being made available in preparation for a public hearing
on DCRM(G) to be held at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, at 7:30
pm on January 8, 2011. All interested parties are encouraged to comment
on the draft, attend the public hearing, or better still, do both. (All
comments on the draft should be submitted via the "public review"
version of the document.)
The editors have worked very hard, and very quickly, to get Version 6.0
ready for review. A few things they'd like to point out:
-- Some appendices are unpolished. Appendix C, currently titled "BIBCO
Standard Records" is very likely to change substantially, and move
toward a new "DCRM Core" record instead.
-- Appendix B, "Collection-Level Records," lacks examples for
extra-illustrated books cataloged as collections. These will be
incorporated later.
-- As with all DCRM publications, examples have been tough. A "[B]"
preface to an example denotes a DCRM(B) placeholder example; a "[GM]"
preface denotes an unverified example from Graphic Materials.
Both versions of the draft -- "Version: 6.0" -- are available on the
Bibliographic Standards Committee website, here:
http://rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/dcrm/dcrmg/dcrmg.htm
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The DCRM(G) editors are:
Erin C. Blake, Chair
Ellen R. Cordes
James Eason
Mary Mundy
Lenore M. Rouse
Joe Springer
Helena Zinkham
Our congratulations to them.
And to you -- in advance -- our thanks for submitting comments on this
draft of a much-anticipated document.
Stephen Skuce
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
Program Manager for Rare Books
Institute Archives and Special Collections
MIT Room 14N-118
77 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
617.253.0654
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