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Dear Erin:<br>
<br>
I heartily approve of these exceptions to the rule but I would like
an exception with the pagination statements too.<br>
I would like to retain the convention of bracketed paging to reflect
unnumbered pages.<br>
<br>
[sic] and i.e. are vital for my cataloguing work here at the John
Carter Brown Library.<br>
And I would hate to not be able to use them.<br>
<br>
Will there be a forum to weigh on such matters as the implementation
of RDA gets closer?<br>
Because we would also like to take part in this.<br>
<br>
~Allison<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may know, the DCRM(G) draft
incorporates some boxed "RDA alternatives" in cases where
standard RDA convention differs from AACR2 (e.g. "RDA
alternative: Use 'diameter' instead of the abbreviation
'diam.'") and there are no rare materials or graphic materials
reasons to differ (as suggested by Barbara Tillett and others,
and approved in principle by the RBMS Bibliographic Standards
Committee, in order for DCRM(G) to be a transitional manual).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the draft reviewed for the public
hearing, we included the RDA alternative "Do not follow
inaccuracies with '[sic]' or 'i.e.' and the correction in
square brackets. Instead, make a note correcting the
inaccuracy (RDA 1.7.9)." HOWEVER, further work has convinced
us we DO need "[sic]" and "i.e." in transcriptions, for
various reasons, including:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a) "Precise representation" (DCRM III.2.2.)
is key for sophisticated special collections users and "i.e."
and "[sic]" provide quality-assurance that the representation
is precise<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">b) Unintentionally incorrect information is
not infrequent in graphic materials, which are not "self
describing" the way books with title pages are, and such
inaccuracies need immediate correction in order to make sense
to users. For example, the image at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19657">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19657</a> was wrongly titled
"Royal Palace, Warsaw" by the news agency that created it; it
actually depicts the Kremlin, so its title according to
DCRM(G) should be "Royal Palace, Warsaw [i.e. Kremlin Palace,
Moscow]" <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">c) Title and imprint information commonly
get pulled out for image databases and picture captioning, so
we need a complete package in those areas; moving corrections
to the notes splits information that needs to stay assembled
for user convenience<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts? Comments?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Erin (Chair, DCRM(G) Editorial Team)<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 class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:eblake@folger.edu">eblake@folger.edu</a> | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.folger.edu">www.folger.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx"
Allison Rich
Catalogue Librarian
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Allison_Rich@brown.edu">Allison_Rich@brown.edu</a>
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