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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'>Dear all,<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'>This is a gentle reminder to interested parties to please review and comment on the scope notes mentioned in the message below. The comment period ends June 10.<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'>Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ryan<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ryan Hildebrand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Book Cataloging Dept. Head<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Curator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Harry Ransom Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 7219<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Austin, TX 78713-7219<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>512-232-1681<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/"><span style='color:blue'>www.hrc.utexas.edu</span></a><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><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"'> Ryan Hildebrand [mailto:ryan.hildebrand@mail.utexas.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'DCRM Revision Group List'; 'EXLIBRIS-L@INDIANA.EDU'; 'SHARP-L@listserv.indiana.edu'<br><b>Subject:</b> RBMS Controlled Vocabularies call for scope note review<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Subcommittee (of the Bibliographic Standards Committee) has been engaged in a project to write scope notes for terms lacking them in the Genre Terms thesaurus. We would appreciate your comments on our first round of draft scope notes, which may be read and commented on here: <a href="http://rbms.info/digress/genrescopenotes/">http://rbms.info/digress/genrescopenotes/</a>. Please see item no. 1 in the blog's table of contents for instructions on commenting. The period for commenting is from now until June 10, at which time I will synthesize comments into a document for subcommittee review at our ALA annual meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The terms are: Academic catalogs, Abridgements, Begging poems, Cartoons, Catalogs, Censored works, Century sermons, and Dedication sermons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The terms themselves have already been approved, and are included in the current version of the vocabularies, available here: <a href="http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/controlled_vocabularies/index.shtml">http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/controlled_vocabularies/index.shtml</a>. In some cases, hierarchical placement or relationships have been changed or updated; these changes are reflected in the draft version of the term.<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>Ryan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ryan Hildebrand<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Book Cataloging Dept. Head<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Curator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Harry Ransom Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.O. Box 7219<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Austin, TX 78713-7219<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>512-232-1681<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>www.hrc.utexas.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>