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From: "Carpenter, Jane" <jfcarpenter(a)library.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:39:07 -0700
The RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee has adopted the following
statement as its official position on DCRM and RDA:
The Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and
Manuscripts Section advises catalogers using Descriptive Cataloging of
Rare Materials (DCRM) for books and serials—DCRM(B) and DCRM(S)—to
continue for the time being to follow the rules, options, and
alternatives as written. Do not attempt to incorporate elements or
practices based on Resource Description and Access (RDA) into
descriptions based on DCRM. This instruction does not apply to the
choice or form of headings in the bibliographic record, which are
outside the scope of DCRM. Bibliographic records with the description
conforming to DCRM, regardless of whether the headings are AACR2 or
RDA, should still be coded ‘a’ in LDR/18, and ‘dcrmb’ or ‘dcrms’ in
040 ‡e. A task force has been formed to make recommendations on DCRM
and RDA. Please see
http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/dcrm/rda/dcrm-rda.h…
for current information on this process.
These instructions to special collections catalogers were created by
the BSC Task Force on RDA, which is being led by Deborah J. Leslie of
the Folger Shakespeare Library, Catherine Uecker of the University of
Chicago, and John Attig of the RDA Joint Steering Committee, with
assistance from representatives of all of the DCRM cataloging modules.
The Task Force will be working through the spring to compile
recommendations on DCRM and RDA, and will issue a report by Annual
2012.
Please follow the ongoing progress of the Task Force on the BSC web
page (see link above), where new developments and updates on DCRM/RDA
issues will be posted.
And for those attending the RBMS Preconference in San Diego this year,
please consider attending the BSC-sponsored discussion session, “The
Future of Rare Materials Cataloging Standards: Can DCRM and RDA Get
Along?,” which will be held on Thursday, June 21, 1:30-3:00 pm, and
moderated by Francis Lapka of the Yale Center for British Art, and
Lori Dekydtspotter of the Lilly Library.
--
June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/
http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal