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Speaking for myself, a more in-depth index with respect to sub-numbering
would be wonderful and probably save a lot of time, especially for those
of us who haven't worked with DCRB as long as others may have.<br>
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Penny Welbourne<br>
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At 06:11 PM 4/1/2003 -0500, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Georgia">Dear
Colleagues, <br>
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<font face="Georgia">Here is an update on the status of the working group
documents. Papers from groups 1 (general principles) and 6 (when to
create a new record) have already been posted. Group 4 (collection-level)
will have their paper ready very soon. Groups 2 (transcription of early
letter forms), 3 (machine-press materials), and 5 (problems and lacunae)
are the three groups dealing with DCRB rules, and so the editing of these
three will take place simultaneously and require more time. Group 2 is
very nearly finished with their work, as is Group 3. The Group 5 paper is
still being worked on.<br>
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<font face="Georgia">Here is the revised editing plan. I will do the
initial rough editing and integration of the work of the six groups,
which will be prepared for discussion at the ALA summer meeting.
After that time a small editorial group (who will be named shortly, I
hope) will take over to do the finer and more detailed editing and
numbering. A glossary group is being formed, and that work will be
carried on contemporaneously. <br>
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<font face="Georgia">Elizabeth Robinson and I will be meeting with
Barbara Tillett in the near future, at which time we should have some
answers to 1) who our publisher is, 2) what kind of review process LC
wants to have, and 3) some idea of the publishing timeline. <br>
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<font face="Georgia">One dangling issue is that of the index. It may
require a robust revision, especially if the numbering scheme changes
much (I'm advocating more depth in sub-numbering, so that individual
paragraphs will be numbered making reference much easier). I'd like to
open the door for ideas on accomplishing this.<br>
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<font face="Georgia">Many thanks to all for your continued hard work and
persistence. And I hope that interested non-conferees will feel free to
jump in with comments, questions, suggestions.<br>
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<font face="Georgia">Deborah</font> <br>
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<font size=2>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. </font><br>
<font size=2>Head of Cataloging</font> <br>
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Penny Welbourne<br>
Rare Book Team<br>
Catalog Department<br>
Yale University Library<br>
penny.welbourne@yale.edu<br>
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