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Ted,<br>
<br>
Yes, there is indeed a DCRM manual for serials. DCRM(S) was
published by the Bibliographic Standards Committee and the Library
of Congress in 2008 and is available through Cataloger's Desktop, if
you've got access to that.<br>
<br>
Signatures are covered in rule 7B11 of DCRM(S):<br>
<br>
<blockquote>Make a note giving details of the signatures of a
serial, if considered important. Give these signature details
generally according to DCRM(B) 7B9. Preface this note with the
word "Signatures" and a colon.<br>
<br>
<i>[Examples omitted]</i><br>
<br>
Omit signature statements if there are too many volumes, or if the
collation is too complex.<br>
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<br>
When we were addressing signatures in serials, we considered the
cataloging of multi-volume monographs as comparable to serials. If
you've got a book issued in several volumes, how do you deal with
signatures? It's the same for serials. If you only have 3 out of 41
volumes, it might not be worth the trouble of including the
signatures. And, if you had all 41 volumes, the note would probably
fall under the "too many volumes" clause of 7B11. <br>
<br>
Please note, however, that there are many other rules in DCRM(S)
that differ greatly from standard AACR2/CONSER serials cataloging
rules (and are certainly not covered in DCRM(B)). If you don't have
access to the rules, you won't be able to code the record as
"dcrms". <br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Randal Brandt <br>
(member of the DCRM(S) editorial team)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 3/23/2012 9:23 AM, Ted P Gemberling wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are using the DCRM(b) rules at my
library for materials before 1801. I assume there might be a
DCRM(s) manual for serials, but we do not currently have that,
and I don’t know if we will get it because we don’t have a
real extensive collection of serials from before 1801. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our practice has been to put signatures on
pre-1801 materials, though I don’t believe that’s mandated by
DCRM(b) except for incunabula. At this point, I am recording
the signatures for a periodical from the late 18<sup>th</sup>
century. We do not have the entire collection, just volumes 3,
9, and 15, and index volumes for volumes 1-12 and 13-24. There
are a total of 41 volumes. Would you recommend I put them on
the OCLC master record for this journal?
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<p class="MsoNormal">I suppose it could be informative for
others. There are currently no signatures on the record.
However, it occurred to me that recording signatures for every
volume of a journal could take up a tremendous amount of space
on an OCLC record. Would we want to?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Ted Gemberling<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UAB Lister Hill Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(205)934-2461<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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