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<DIV><SPAN class=344304515-17012006>The questions for discussion of DCRM(S),
prepared by Jane Gillis, are now posted on the *new* DCRM(S) web page: <A
href="http://www.folger.edu/bsc/dcrb/dcrmstext.html">http://www.folger.edu/bsc/dcrb/dcrmstext.html</A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344304515-17012006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344304515-17012006>For your convenience, I give them
here:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=344304515-17012006></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Georgia>DCRM(S) Questions</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>What
overlapping material do we need?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>What should be deleted?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What
should be edited?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do these
work?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What about other
modules?</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Objectives
and Principles</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Principles
of DCRM(B) (now DCRM(S))</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Georgia>--Pre-Cataloging Decisions (revised to reflect serials)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>No “Perfect
Copy” and no “Bibliographic Variants” in the sense of DCRM(B)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Georgia>Numbering</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Are these
clear?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For people who have
cataloged serials, do these make sense?</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>Date of
publication </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--CONSER calls
for only years to be in the date of publication area.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are good reasons for
this—sometimes the only date we have is actually the coverage date (20-24
November 1784; summer 1955).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One
problem has been what to do with phrases like “Printed in the year”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have opted to put them in the
Publisher part of the statement (260 $b)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Georgia>Extent</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--There are
very few cases when we would need pagination and/or signatures.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have kept DCRM(B) information in
DCRM(S).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do we need it?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--We have
removed most of the rules on Signatures, keeping only the very basic rules and
non-Roman.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is this enough?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We thought that the basic rules should
cover just about any need for signature statements for serials.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Georgia>Appendix</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Reprints:
there are quite a few differences between cataloging reprints according to AACR2
and DCRM(S) .<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The biggest
difference is what to use as the basis of the description.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--There is no
Appendix E.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have replaced B, C,
D from DCR(B) but there is no Appendix for E.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Should we keep E but leave it
blank?</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Georgia>Glossary</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Are there
terms we don't need?</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Have we
removed anything we should have left in?</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>--Are the
explanations clear enough?</FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">________________________________</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Deborah J. Leslie,
M.A., M.L.S.<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Head of
Cataloging<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Folger Shakespeare
Library<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">201 East Capitol St.,
SE<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Washington, DC
20003<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">202.675-0369<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><A
href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</A><BR></SPAN><SPAN
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