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I'm happy to take on any 3 sections.<br>
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--Ryan<br>
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On 8/24/2006 5:10 PM, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:<br>
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<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Dear</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">friends of DCRM,</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">As
we head into the final days of DCRM(B) preparation, I want to issue a
call for volunteer proofreaders</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Palatino Linotype">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">The text</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">is due to the indexer on Tuesday</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">September 5</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">. We wish to subject
DCRM(B) to another round of close reading</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">between September 5</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">and</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">October 1,</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">when</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">the text is</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">due</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> to the GPO</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> for printing.</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">(November 1 is the date
it</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">’</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">s expected to hit the
streets). </font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">B</font><font
face="Palatino Linotype">ibliographic</font></span><span lang="en-us">
<font face="Palatino Linotype">Standards members and</font> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">volunteers</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">from the community</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">did a close reading of</font><font
face="Palatino Linotype"> the</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">d</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Palatino Linotype">elta version of</font> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">DCRM(B)</font> <font face="Palatino Linotype">in</font><font
face="Palatino Linotype"> preparation for our public hearing</font><font
face="Palatino Linotype"> in June 2005</font><font
face="Palatino Linotype">.</font> <font face="Palatino Linotype">T</font><font
face="Palatino Linotype">hat was</font> <font face="Palatino Linotype">a
productive and beneficial exercise.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">For this, the eta version,</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">t</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">he main</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">purpose</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">will be to</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">proofread for typos,
missing words, inconsistency of punctuation or</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">indentation, and the
like. (For example, I just</font> <font face="Palatino Linotype">noticed
that we</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">sometimes
use a colon after "but" and sometimes not when introducing</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">counter-examples). We
are not expecting content-related problems</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">(fingers crossed), with
the possible exception of rule references</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">-</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">-we've</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">been breaking up longer
rules with</font><font face="Palatino Linotype"> added sub-numbering,
and references</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">to them will need to be double- and
triple-checked. </font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Speaking
of double and triple-checking, I hope to have enough volunteers in
addition to Bib Standards committee members</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">to assign two or three
people to each</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">section</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Palatino Linotype">. </font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Palatino Linotype">Please let me know if you would like to
contribute to DCRM(B) in this final important task</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> and thereby win our</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">sincere</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">gratitude</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">, and if so, how many
sections you</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Palatino Linotype">’</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Palatino Linotype">d be willing to take, and whether you have
any preferences. We also need at least a couple of people will</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">ing to</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> proofread the entire text,</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">preface</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">to glossary.</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Preface
</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Introduction
(</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">including</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> Objectives &
Principles and Pre-Cataloging Decisions)</font></span><span lang="en-us">
</span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area
0</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">General
rules</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area
1</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">T</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">itle and statement of
responsibility</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">s</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> 2</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> & 8</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> Edition and standard
numbers</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area
4</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">Publication,
distribution, etc.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area
5</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">
Physical description</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area
6</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">Series</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Area
7</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype"> Notes</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
A:</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Palatino Linotype">Marc
21 Descriptive Conventions Code </font></span><span lang="en-us">
</span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
B: Collection-Level Records</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
C: Core-Level Records</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
D: Minimal-Level Records</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
E: Variations Requiring A New Description</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
F: Title Access Points</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
G: Early Letter Forms And Symbols</font></span><span lang="en-us">
</span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Appendix
H: Individual Issues Of Serials</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><span
lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Glossary</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Palatino Linotype">Thanks
for considering it. --DJL</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><a name=""><span lang="en-us"><font size="1"
face="Arial Unicode MS">__________________________________________</font></span></a></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font size="1"
face="Arial Unicode MS">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<br>
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee<br>
<a href="http://www.folger.edu/bsc/index.html">http://www.folger.edu/bsc/index.html</a><br>
</font><font size="1" face="Arial Unicode MS">Head of Cataloging,
Folger Shakespeare Library<br>
</font><font size="1" face="Arial Unicode MS">201 East Capitol St.,
S.E.</font><font size="1" face="Arial Unicode MS">,</font> <font
size="1" face="Arial Unicode MS">Washington, D.C. 20003</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font size="1"
face="Arial Unicode MS"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a> || 202.675-0369</font><font
size="1" face="Arial Unicode MS"> ||</font> <font size="1"
face="Arial Unicode MS"><a href="http://www.folger.ed">http://www.folger.ed</a></font><font
size="1" face="Arial Unicode MS">u</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
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Ryan Hildebrand, Special Collections and Archives Cataloger
UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine, CA 92623-9557
Telephone: (949) 824-2263 | Fax: (949) 824-2472</pre>
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