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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">On behalf of the editorial team working on DCRM(Graphics), what are other DCRM commun</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ities, especially the three M</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s -- Manuscripts, Music, and Maps -- thinking about proposed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">ISBD Area 0 (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/isbdrg/ISBD_Area_0_WWR.htm"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/isbdrg/ISBD_Area_0_WWR.htm</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">) and the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">related</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> MARBI proposal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> no. 2008-05/3 (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"><A HREF="http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2008/2008-05-3.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2008/2008-05-3.html</A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">In the words of the MARBI proposal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Media type</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Carrier type</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and Content type</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“These three elements are intended as replacements for the general material designation (GMD) defined in AACR2 1.1C, which is currently recorded in field 245 (Title statement) subfield $h (Medium).”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Here at the Folger, 245$h [graphic] and [manuscript]</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">are regularly used</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">in rare materials cataloging.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thoughts?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> EB.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Erin C. Blake, Ph.D. | Curator of Art & Special Collections | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 E. Capitol St. SE | Washington, DC 20003-1004 | office tel. (202) 675-0323 | fax: (202) 675-0328 | eblake@folger.edu | www.folger.edu</FONT></SPAN></P>
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