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<P><FONT FACE="Calisto MT">Dear Colleagues,</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calisto MT">It’s time to start making plans and deadlines in preparation for the Bib Standards meetings at the ALA annual conference in Toronto, June 20-22. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Calisto MT">First, the current status. All of the working groups have given drafts of their DCRM Conference work to me. I am in the process of compiling and rough editing. I will do my best to have a draft ready for your perusal by May 23 at the latest. In the four weeks between then and the annual conference, I hope that some of the more contentious or problematic issues will be brought to the fore and discussed here on DCRB-L. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Calisto MT">After the conference, I will hand the work over to an editorial team under the leadership of Manon Théroux, with additional members Robert Maxwell, John Attig, Joe Springer, and me as ex officio. Their task will be to shape the rough draft into a refined one ready for public comment, tentatively by midwinter. Simultaneously, a group formed to work on the glossary will go to work. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Calisto MT">In other news, Elizabeth Robinson and I met with Barbara Tillett, head of LC Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO). She is very interested in publishing DCRM(B). Her office will of course be interested in scanning it carefully. She stated that the CPSO need not agree with every provision in order to approve it for publication. That is welcome news indeed. </FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Baskerville Win95BT">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Calisto MT">Head of Cataloging</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Calisto MT">Folger Shakespeare Library</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Calisto MT">201 East Capitol St., S.E.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Calisto MT">djleslie@folger.edu</FONT>
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