<HTML><BODY><P>Dear Michael, </P>
<P>Please don't use ESTC (BL) , just ESTC W28314, just as always. </P>
<P>Thanks,</P>
<P> Juliet McLaren, Assistant Director, ESTC/North America<br>
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<B>From:</B> "North, Michael (NIH/NLM) [E]" <northm@mail.nlm.nih.gov><br>
<B>Subject:</B> RE: [DCRM-L] ESTC available on BL web site<br>
<B>To:</B> "DCRM Revision Group List" <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
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>I have been using the BL ESTC database too. I would be in favor of the<br>
>first option on Barry's list, minus the comma: ESTC (BL) |c W28314<br>
><br>
>Thanks, Michael <br>
><br>
>Michael J. North, northm@mail.nlm.nih.gov<br>
>Head of Rare Books & Early Manuscripts <br>
>History of Medicine Division<br>
>National Library of Medicine<br>
>8600 Rockville Pike<br>
>Bethesda, MD 20894<br>
><br>
>(301) 496-9204 * fax (301) 402-0872<br>
>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd<br>
><br>
>National Institutes of Health<br>
>Department of Health and Human Services<br>
><br>
>-----Original Message-----<br>
>From: Barry E. Hinman [mailto:bhinman@stanford.edu] <br>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:44 PM<br>
>To: DCRM Revision Group List<br>
>Subject: [DCRM-L] ESTC available on BL web site<br>
><br>
>I just tried the British Library web site and I found out that public<br>
>access to ESTC is now available:<br>
> http://estc.bl.uk<br>
><br>
>The item I am cataloguing is, in RLIN<br>
> ESTCW28314<br>
><br>
>On the British Library web site the number is given as:<br>
> STAR id W28314<br>
><br>
>So it looks as though we we need to decide both how to refer to the site<br>
>and how to transcribe the id number<br>
> ESTC (BL),|cW28314<br>
> ESTC (BL),|cSTAR id W28314<br>
> ESTC,|cW28314<br>
>etc.<br>
><br>
>-- <br>
>Barry E. Hinman <br>
>Special Collections Librarian for Cataloging Department of Special<br>
>Collections and University Archives Green Library (Bing Wing 408)<br>
>557 Escondido Mall<br>
>Stanford, California 94305-6004<br>
>bhinman@stanford.edu<br>
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