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Deborah,<br><br>
The version of 0B2 originally posted for comment today already made
reference to "the perfect copy," so I felt free to reuse the
term. But I will say I noticed the term's presence: I think we had
lots of discussion (and nervousness) in the glossary group and in BSC
generally about using the term "perfect copy" because of the
chance for confusion with the loaded term "ideal
copy." <br><br>
Stephen<br><br>
At 01:29 M 4/5/2006 -0400, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">One
of my earlier rewrites reads almost exactly as does Stephens, but I was
concerned about the introduction of the word perfect.Weve had discussion
on that before. If we are going to use perfect,whats to prevent us
from introducing it earlier, as in:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>0B2. Imperfect copies.</b></font>
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.<br><br>
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<font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">We do have pefect copyin the glossary. Can someone remind me why we decided not to use it in 0B2? <br>
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<font face="tahoma" size=2>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" eudora="autourl">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Skuce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 05 April 2006 12:53<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List; DCRM-l@lib.byu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] imperfect copies<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">I think breaking up the long second sentence helps.<br><br>
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<b>0B2. Imperfect copies.</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 </font>11:57 AM 4/5/2006 -0400, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:<br><br>
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<font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica">Dear colleagues,<br>
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<font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica">Im not sure the</font> <font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica">instructions for cataloging an imperfect item when a description for a perfect item is available are clear. <br>
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<b>0B2. Imperfect copies.</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>
<font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica">Is this clear? Is there a better way of saying</font> <font face="Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica">it?<br>
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