<font size="4"><font face="garamond,serif">This is good, absolutely, whatever the problem might have been. Still, I do feel that the dcrm(b) proscription of supplied edition statements needs to be revisited, however difficult it may be to prescribe a set of uniform conventions for them. That rule is the problem that is addressed by this request. When a rule is the problem--that is, when a rule frustrates some important purpose of the rules--then the solution really lies with those who make the rules, and with those who, for the time being, can only sympathize with them, given the complexity of the business.</font></font><div>
<font size="4"><font face="garamond,serif"><br clear="all"></font></font><font face="'courier new', monospace">RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY<br>PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-3384 : <a href="mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU" target="_blank">RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU</a> </font><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ann W. Copeland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:auc1@psu.edu">auc1@psu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Glenn, <br>
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The Bibliographic Services Committee of RBMS met at the ALA Midwinter
Meetings in San Diego and discussed some of the issues raised in the
recent webinar, "Cataloging Defensively: <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">When
to Input a New Record in the Age of DDR."</span><br>
<br>
Please find attached our proposal to protect all cataloging records
that have been created according to descriptive cataloging rules for
rare materials over the years (as coded in the 040 $e) from all
automated mergers.<br>
<br>
Many thanks,<br>
<br>
Ann Copeland for the RBMS Bib Standards Committee<br>
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