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Greetings,<br><br>
I want to take this opportunity to update you all on the status of
<i>Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials)</i> (DCRM(S)).
After the October close reading that many of you participated in, the
editors (Jane Gillis, Ann Copeland, Stephen Skuce, Randy Brandt) met for
several days earlier this month in Washington, D.C. We were joined in our
meetings by DCRM(B) editors Deborah Leslie and Manon Theroux, and by Erin
Blake, lead editor of the newly-commissioned DCRM(G) (Graphics ... more
about that at Midwinter), who was there to simply observe the editorial
process, but managed to contribute to it in spite of herself. One of the
major developments was to align the DCRM(S) text more closely with the
new CONSER Standard Record. <br><br>
The editors also want to thank all of you who volunteered to participate
in the close reading. We were extremely impressed with the quality and
detail of the comments that we received. We want to assure all of you
that your comments were given very careful consideration and that many of
them resulted in changes to the text. Some changes were major and some
were minor, but they all contributed to what we hope will be a much
better text. <br><br>
Three of the readers deserve special thanks: Joe Springer, Susan Karpuk,
and Susan Sundquist all volunteered to read and comment on the entire
text. Thank you!<br><br>
Based on the November meetings, the deadline for finishing the text has
been extended to February 2008. This will allow for one more face-to-face
editorial meeting in Philadelphia, at which point we are confident that
the text will be in final form.<br><br>
As we make this final push towards Midwinter, we may be soliciting input,
via this list, on specific points. We especially would like to hear from
those of you with serials experience, but will welcome input from anyone.
So, please don't be shy.<br><br>
Happy holidays.<br>
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Randal Brandt<br>
Principal Cataloger<br>
The Bancroft Library<br>
(510) 643-2275<br>
rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu<br>
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http://bancroft.berkeley.edu<br>
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