Option 1:

DCRM Editorial Group
Draft Charge – July 2014

Charge: Under the aegis of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee, create a consolidated Descriptive Cataloging for Rare Materials (DCRM) standard based on RDA (Resource Description and Access), building on the terminology, structure, and examples in RDA. Where appropriate, enlarge the scope of DCRM to include resources not covered in the present suite of DCRM manuals. In order to accomplish this task, the group will: engage the rare materials community throughout the development process through postings on a dedicated wiki, discussion on DCRM-L, and in meetings at Midwinter and Annual conferences; coordinate activity with the DCRM Steering Group; and communicate with format specialist communities, such as MLA, MAGIRT, and CONSER.
 
Note: Until the existing DCRM manuals have been incorporated into a completed, published RDA-compliant standard, the DCRM Steering Group will continue to exist as a mechanism for focused collaboration across the constituent DCRM manuals. The chair of the DCRM Editorial Group will continue to have a seat on the DCRM Steering Group, which will provide official coordination between the two groups.



Option 2:

DCRM Task Force
Draft Charge – July 2014

Charge: Under the aegis of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee, create a preliminary draft of a consolidated Descriptive Cataloging for Rare Materials (DCRM) standard based on RDA (Resource Description and Access), building on the terminology, structure, and examples in RDA. Where appropriate, enlarge the scope of DCRM to include resources not covered in the present suite of DCRM manuals. In order to accomplish this task, the group will: engage the rare materials community throughout the development process through postings on a dedicated wiki, discussion on DCRM-L, and in meetings at Midwinter and Annual conferences; coordinate activity with the DCRM Steering Group; and communicate with format specialist communities, such as MLA, MAGIRT, and CONSER. 

Note: Once a preliminary draft is submitted to BSC, this group will be disbanded and further revisions and maintenance will become the purview of BSC.

Until the existing DCRM manuals have been incorporated into a completed, published RDA-compliant standard, the DCRM Steering Group will continue to exist as a mechanism for focused collaboration across the constituent DCRM manuals. The chair of the DCRM Editorial Group will continue to have a seat on the DCRM Steering Group, which will provide official coordination between the two groups.