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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear
all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For
a little background, below is the submission made to the RDA committee from the
UK Bibliographic Standards Committee of the CILIP Rare Books and Special
Collections Group, via the CILIP/BL Committee (its standard channel), at the consultation
stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>3.4.5.3</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>: The phraseology
’12 unnumbered pages, 72 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 48 pages, 6
unnumbered pages, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages’ is extremely cumbersome
and, we thought, confusing. All members of the BSC commenting on the rules felt
this to be unworkable. We strongly urge: [12], 72, [10], 48, [6], 228, [16] p.
for various reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(1)
brief formulae for establishing the number of pages or leaves of early printed
books are well established and easy to understand;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(2)
compatibility with major reference sources such as ESTC;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(3)
catalogue records for early printed books are frequently long and wordy,
requiring explanations and descriptions (e.g. of copy-specific information)
which are less relevant for modern materials. To have wordy descriptions where
unnecessary discourages the user from seeing the descriptions further down in
the record, i.e. there is a mass of words instead of the necessary words
standing out;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(4)
additional cataloguing time is a consideration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We
were ignored. What did other bodies propose earlier on? Did you, unlike us,
receive any feedback?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best
wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Karen
</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dr Karen Attar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Rare Books Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Senate House Library, University of London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Senate House<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Malet St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>WC1E 7HU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Tel. 020 7862 8472<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales
and a charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)</span><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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