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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I find Stephen’s example to be the
clearest yet. </span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Will.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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> Wednesday, April 05, 2006
12:53 PM<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>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Dear colleagues,<br>
</span></font><br>
<font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Im
not sure the</span></font> <font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
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><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>
<font face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>Is
this clear? Is there a better way of saying</span></font> <font
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>it?<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>__________________________________________<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span 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><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>201 East Capitol St., S.E.<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>Washington, D.C. 20003<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>djleslie@folger.edu || 202.675-0369<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=1 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'><a href="http://www.folger.edu">http://www.folger.edu</a></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'></x-sigsep><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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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