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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">As some of you may recall, problems with the current DCRM descriptions of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I/J, U/V, i/j, and u/v</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> were discussed at the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Meeting at Annual 2010, and further discussion here on DCRM-L revealed that the issue was complicated enough that a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">small group</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">needed to re-draft the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">everal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">relevant passages</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Deborah J. Leslie (who researched and wrote the original), Manon Théroux, and I would like to present the attached document for your review.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">It's anticipated that BSC members will continue the discussion and reach a decision at the meeting in New Orleans</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">General observations:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-- clarified that while I and V can respectively become j and u when converting case in pre-modern transcriptions, the reverse is not true: the history of the letterforms means that J and U would never become i and v when converting case)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-- changed “graph” to “letterform” throughout the text (also changed “letter form” to “letterform” throughout, per Webster’s)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-- moved the part about Gothic I and V looking like J and U from the “capitalization and conversion of case” section to the “Letters, diacritics, and symbols” section because transcribing gothic “J” as I and gothic “U” as V relates to “in general, transcribe letters as they appear” and not to conversions of case, and added a made-up example. The prize for finding a real example is getting to be a DCRM editor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-- added example of “ſ” in a title where “f” and “ſs” also appear (to illustrate the point about converting earlier forms of letters to their modern form) but it’s graphic material, so other modules will need to find an example in the relevant format if they want to keep it (or make do with a graphics example)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<IJUV_dpc.pdf>> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></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 | eblak</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e@folger.edu | www.folger.edu</FONT></SPAN></P>
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