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With apologies for sending this on a Friday afternoon (you may choose not
to read it until Monday morning [or later] if you so wish).<br><br>
There has been some confusion here on the Rare Book Team at Yale in
applying the rules concerning single-sheet publications in DCRM(B). I
would like to hear some feedback as to whether others have faced the same
confusion, or, if not, exactly how one would apply these rules.<br><br>
The specific rules are: <b>5B14.2</b>, <b>5D4.1</b>, and
<b>5D4.2.<br><br>
</b>My first question: what would be a good example of a single-sheet
issued in folded form, but designed to be used unfolded, with an extent
of pagination of [1] p., as given in the corresponding example for 5D4.1?
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<x-tab> </x-tab>1 sheet
([1] p.); 48 x 30 cm, folded to 24 x 15 cm<br><br>
Further questions: is the term "panels" used in rule 5B14.2
applicable only to sheets which are folded vertically (what I believe was
called a "folder" in DCRB)? Or can one apply to term to a sheet
which is folded horizontally as well as vertically? Does the layout of
the text on such a sheet affect whether or not one uses the term
"panel" (and, as it seems the rule implies, the term "1
folded sheet" as opposed to "1 sheet")? Or is it strictly
how the sheet is folded?<br><br>
Finally, in rule 5D4.2, it states, when describing "other folded
sheets" ("other" in relation to the example given in
5D4.1) to give the height of the sheet when folded. <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>1 folded
sheet ([8] panels) ; 18 cm<br><br>
It would appear to me that a sheet which folds both horizontally and
vertically is a "folded sheet" as well, and the full dimensions
of the sheet both folded and unfolded ought to be given. Thus, it seems
to me rules 5D4.1 and 5D4.2 can be blended together with the following
examples:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Folded
sheet (however it is folded and/or paginated):<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>1 folded
sheet ([8] panels) ; 48 x 30 cm, folded to 24 x 15 cm<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>
Broadside:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>1 sheet
([1] p.) ; 48 x 30 cm.<x-tab> </x-tab><br><br>
This simplifies one's decision when giving the dimensions: you always
give the folded and unfolded dimensions if issued folded; and the height
and width when not issued folded. One should never use the height alone.
One always has the option, as outlined in 5B14.2, to give a note
providing further details of the sheet, if need be.<br><br>
Please let me know if others have faced such confusion when cataloging
single-sheet publications. If not, please enlighten me as to how these
rules are to be applied, with clear examples of each type of single-sheet
publication.<br><br>
Thank you.<br><br>
Todd Fell<br>
Catalog Librarian<br>
Rare Book Team<br>
Yale University</body>
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