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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m with you, Erin; this doesn’t seem to me to be a point worth worrying about. It’s good to know, but I think there are probably more important issues out there for us to focus on (such as not ending a sentence with a preposition </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Margaret<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Margaret F. Nichols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rare Materials Cataloging Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cataloging & Metadata Services in RMC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2B Kroch Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cornell University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ithaca, NY 14853-5302<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel. (607) 255-3530 * Fax (607) 255-9524<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>E-mail mnr1@cornell.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erin Blake<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] "English" vs. "in the language and script of the cataloging agency" in DCRM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is it worth worrying about making "English" versus "in the language and script of the cataloging agency" consistent in DCRM? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This came up when a DCRM(G) reviewer reading just chapter 4 wondered why supplying a modern form of a place name says "Use an English form of the name, if there is one" and supposed that English had been established earlier in the manual as the language of the cataloging agency.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The answer to that is yes: Introduction V. says " DCRM(x) is written for an English-speaking context. Cataloging agencies preparing descriptions in the context of a different language should replace instructions and guidelines prescribing or implying the use of English into their preferred language."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BUT... there are nevertheless several examples of the stock phrase "language and script of the cataloging agency" (e.g. "0F1.3. Give any other information (other than titles, citations, signatures, and quotations in notes) in the language and script of the cataloging agency.")<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm inclined to ignore the inconsistency. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> EB.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 | <a href="mailto:eblake@folger.edu">eblake@folger.edu</a> | <a href="http://www.folger.edu">www.folger.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>