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color=#0000ff size=2>Deborah,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Thank you for noting and recommending my
article.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=170533604-01032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>For the past few days, I've been thinking about your
question concerning promotion of the DCRB Core standard. I'm not
sure how more can be done than has already been done with the work of the
Task Force that wrote the standard, approval by the PCC, and the inclusion
of the standard in the appendix in DCRM(B). The appendices
of DCRM(B) are important and including the core-level definition in Appendix
C will give it additional prominence and perhaps
greater visibility to rare book catalogers than the PCC
website. The Books Core standard has had much acceptance, but in
at least some cases the decision to apply the Books Core as the default standard
is an administrative one. I think application of the DCRB Core
standard really is a matter of cataloger's judgment. If an
administrative decision were made to use a less-than-full-level standard
for cataloging rare books, minimal level is no longer the only
option. Even though I did not expect that a huge number of DCRB Core
records would be identified in the utilities, I had hoped, for the sake of the
analysis, that there would be more records than there were. Mostly,
as I indicated, reasons for catalogers' use of the standard were not
clear to me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=170533604-01032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I'm still thinking on your query about the
502 and 505. Perhaps others have comments about
them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Windy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>****************<BR>M. Winslow Lundy<BR>Assistant
Professor<BR>Catalog Librarian<BR>University of Colorado at Boulder
Libraries<BR>184 UCB<BR>Boulder, CO 80309<BR>phone: 303-492-3918<BR>fax:
303-492-0494<BR>email: windy.lundy@colorado.edu<BR><BR></FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu
[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Deborah J.
Leslie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 27, 2006 1:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DCRM-L] DCRB Core<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=503001120-27022006>I have just finished reading Windy Lundy's
excellent, thorough analysis of the use of DCRB Core in the bibliographic
utilities. I highly recommend it: <EM>Library Resources & Technical
Services</EM>, v.50:1 (2006:Jan ), p. 42-57</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=503001120-27022006>DCRM(B) has taken over Appendix C on core
records from DCRB; I don't think it's been changed very much. Windy's article
got me thinking <SPAN class=479032220-27022006>about a couple of
things.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=503001120-27022006>I wonder if the 502 dissertation note and
the 505 formatted contents should be "Mandatory if applicable"? They are
right now, but their relative importance eludes me.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=503001120-27022006><SPAN class=479032220-27022006>It sounded
like many of the bibliographic records in Windy's study coded "core" actually
met standards for full level. Perhaps Windy or those who use DCRB core can
comment on this. Is there something DCRM(B) can or should do, or the Bib
Standards Committee can or should do, to promote use of the core standard and/or
make it more viable? Or have we fulfilled our duty by making it available for
those few institutions who want to use it?</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV 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
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