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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Save the date:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the DCRM(G)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> editors</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> will be hosting a "test drive"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Des</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">criptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics)</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> the Library of Congress</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">on the afternoon of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Saturday, June 26</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">See</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"><A HREF="http://dcrmg.pbworks.com">http://dcrmg.pbworks.com</A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">about DCRM(G).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">We</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> hope</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to gather</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">between ten and twenty</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">catalogers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> who will catalog real-world examples together</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and compare the results</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">You need not have experience with cataloging graphic materials</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> -- in fact, we want to encourage people who aren</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t graphic materials catalogers to test-drive the manual. If you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">re familiar with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> AACR2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">or DCRM</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">please consider joining us</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">If you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">re interested</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">or potentially interested</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">please</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">e-mail</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> me at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> eblake@folger.edu</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for further information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Erin.</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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