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<DIV><SPAN class=449194018-31012005><FONT color=#000080>And as Paul Dunkin was
actually a Folger cataloger, the length of some of our older cards makes sense
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dcrm-l-admin@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-admin@lib.byu.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Joe Springer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 31 January, 2005 13:12<BR><B>To:</B>
dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu; dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DCRM-L] RE:
concept of chief title<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Deborah is of course correct.
The beginning of the chief title does not necessarily coincide with the
beginning of the title proper and can be significant for purposes such as
added entries. In my little equation I was focusing on the end rather
than the beginning of the chief title. In defining "chief title" a
primary motivation of BDRB's editors must have been the ability to chop off
the alternative title in situations of very lengthy title propers (like
covered in BDRB 1B8/DCRB 1B7). The earlier standard, from Paul S.
Dunkin's 1951 <I>How To Catalog a Rare Book, </I>was somewhat lacking in its
specific guidance:<I> </I>"Only when you have a title which would occupy more
than two typed cards should you consider abbreviating it." <BR><BR>Joe
Springer, Curator<BR>Mennonite Historical
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