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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Carolyn
and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Thank
you for the opportunity to comment on the BSR drafts. I've read over the BSR
for Rare Books and think it is a fine document, with only a couple of places
that still need refinement. (With contrite apologies to my RBMS colleagues for
not catching these while the BSR draft was still in the drafting stage.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Field
260</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>
‡e‡f‡g, reads: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Lacking substantive information for ‡a
and/or ‡b, supply useful information in manufacturer subfields.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>This
instruction to supply helpful information in subfields ‡e‡f‡g violates the
rules for area 4. See especially 4A6, which elaborates (in great detail!) the
relationships between publication/distribution and manufacture in the hand-press
era and how to treat them. The only time 260 ‡e‡f‡g may be used is when an item
1) bears both a publisher, distributor, etc., statement and a manufacturer
statement, 2) the publisher is emphasized over the manufacturer, and 3) the two
statements are grammatically separable. (4A6.3.2.2) If an item does not bear
substantive information, the cataloger uses subfields ‡a‡b‡c to supply whatever
information can be had. I recommend dropping these three subfields entirely from
the BSR for Rare Books. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>505</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'> Formatted
contents note. DCRM(B) 1D2.3 makes it clear that transcribing formal contents is
optional. Is it appropriate for an optional note in the rules be elevated to a
Mandatory if Applicable note in the BSR?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>5xx
</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>The
text in the MAP makes it apparent that all notes required in DCRM(B) are also
Mandatory if Applicable to the BSR. One 500 note, on the source of the title
proper, is given in the list. There is another type of required note that I
believe to be as important as the source of the title proper and a lot more
common: any transposition of transcribed text is to be noted. (1B1.2 etc.) I
recommend adding this note to the MAP.</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>__________________________</span>
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<span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. <br>
RBMS Chair 2009-2010 | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library <br>
201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003 | 202.675-0369 <br>
djleslie@folger.edu | <a href="http://www.folger.edu/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.folger.edu</span></a>
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