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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=666420815-28072006>Dear Colleagues:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=666420815-28072006>Attached is the report from our liaison to CC:DA. This
report will form an appendix to our minutes (still in preparation), but I wanted
to send this out because there are some deadlines coming up, which Manon has
kindly rubricated. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=666420815-28072006>The response to RDA has already been distributed to
this list and its framers are in the process of adding final
touches.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=666420815-28072006>I will not form task groups to formulate responses to
internationalization, Breton articles, or Bible headings. Manon writes in
her report that:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=666420815-28072006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
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face="Arial Unicode MS">JSC members have also recently issued the following new
and revised proposals of possible interest to the committee:<?xml:namespace
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face="Arial Unicode MS">Internationalization:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5lc5rev.pdf<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Arial Unicode MS">Breton initial articles:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5lc7.pdf<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face="Arial Unicode MS">Bible uniform titles:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5lc8.pdf<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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face="Arial Unicode MS">The internationalization proposal addresses nonroman
scripts, dates other than those following the Gregorian/Julian calendar, and
numerals other than Western-style arabic numerals. The “Breton initial articles”
proposal calls for adding new eight articles to AACR2 Appendix E. The Bible
uniform title proposal calls for eliminating ‘O.T.”and “N.T.” in uniform titles
for books of the Bible. If the committee would like to respond to any of these
proposals, the deadlines for getting comments to me would be: <B><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">August 23</SPAN></B>. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=666420815-28072006>Individuals are invited to respond directly to her if
they desire: <A
href="mailto:manon.theroux@yale.edu">manon.theroux@yale.edu</A>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'">______________________________________________________<BR>Deborah
J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<BR>Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee<BR>Head
of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library<BR>201 East Capitol St., S.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20003<BR><A
href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu"><U>djleslie@folger.edu</U></A> <SPAN
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</SPAN>202.675-0369<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>|<SPAN
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href="http://www.folger.edu/">http://www.folger.edu</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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