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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>My immediate feeling is that there may not
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>be</span></i> a perfect copy: but there
might be a more complete one ...</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Jane</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
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<p><i><font size=2 color="#333399" face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#333399;font-style:italic'>Jane
Wickenden</span></font></i><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><i><font size=2 color="#333399" face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#333399;font-style:
italic'>Historic Collections Librarian</span></font></i><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><i><font size=2 color="#333399" face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#333399;font-style:
italic'>INM</span></font></i><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><i><font size=2 color="#333399" face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#333399;font-style:
italic'>Alverstoke</span></font></i><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><i><font size=2 color="#333399" face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#333399;font-style:
italic'>023 9276 8238</span></font></i><font color=blue><span style='color:
blue'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu
[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Deborah J. Leslie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 05 April 2006 18:30<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [DCRM-L] imperfect
copies</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'>One of my earlier rewrites reads almost exactly
as does Stephen</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'>’<span
lang=EN-US>s, but I was concerned about the introduction of the word </span>“<span
lang=EN-US>perfect.</span>”<span lang=EN-US> We</span>’<span
lang=EN-US>ve had discussion on that before. If we are going to use </span>“<span
lang=EN-US>perfect,</span>”<span lang=EN-US> what</span>’<span
lang=EN-US>s to prevent us from introducing it earlier, as in:</span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>0B2. Imperfect copies.</span></font></b><span lang=EN-US> In general,
base the description on the copy in hand. If this copy is known to be imperfect,
however, and details of a perfect copy can be determined, base the description
on the perfect copy. Use brackets only where required for description of
the perfect copy.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'>We do have </span></font><font size=2
color=blue face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'>“<span lang=EN-US>pefect copy</span>”<span
lang=EN-US> in the glossary. Can someone remind me why we decided not to use it
in 0B2? </span></span></font></p>
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face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS";color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu
[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Stephen Skuce<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 05 April 2006 12:53<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> DCRM Revision Group List;
DCRM-l@lib.byu.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [DCRM-L] imperfect
copies</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
1.0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think breaking up the long second sentence helps.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>0B2. Imperfect copies.</span></b> In general,
base the description on the copy in hand. If this copy is known to be
imperfect, however, and details of a copy without the imperfection(s) can be determined,
base the description on the copy without the imperfection(s). Use
brackets only where required for description of the perfect copy.<br>
<br>
Stephen<br>
At 11:57 AM 4/5/2006 -0400, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=3
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>Dear colleagues,<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Im
not sure the</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>instructions for cataloging
an imperfect item when a description for a perfect item is available are clear.
<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>0B2. Imperfect copies.</span></b> In general,
base the description on the copy in hand. If this copy is known to be
imperfect, however, and details of a copy without the imperfection(s) can be
determined, base the description on the copy without the imperfection(s),
bracketing only as description of the perfect copy would require.<br>
<br>
</span><font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Is
this clear? Is there a better way of saying</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><font
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>it?<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>__________________________________________<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards
Committee<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><a
href="http://www.folger.edu/bsc/index.html">http://www.folger.edu/bsc/index.html</a><br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare
Library<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>201 East Capitol St., S.E.<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Washington, D.C. 20003<br>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>djleslie@folger.edu || 202.675-0369<br>
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<p style='margin-left:1.0in'></x-sigsep><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><x-sigsep>| Stephen Skuce |
Rare Books Cataloging Librarian<x-tab> <br>
</x-tab>| MIT Libraries | Building 14E-210B |
617.253.0654 | skuce@mit.edu</span></font></p>
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