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<p dir="ltr">I’d like community input on the matter of the preferred source of information for resources *<b>lacking a title page.</b>*</p>
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<p dir="ltr">All DCRM modules are compatible with the idea expressed in DCRM(B) 0C3: “ … if a single <a href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbTitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&hash=TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">title
proper</a> is available in a single source within the publication, use this source as the title page substitute.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">All are also compatible with the idea of an ordered list of preferred sources when (quoting B) “different titles, or differing forms of the same title, appear within the publication.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">When, however, “the *<b>same title proper</b>* is available in more than one source within the resource” there is a noteworthy difference. In Serials, this condition is not treated separately from that in which differing titles appear. That is,
Serials prescribes the ordered list of preferred sources. The Serials approach mimics that of RDA (see 2.2.2.2).
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<p dir="ltr">For this condition, the other DCRM modules say to choose “the source that supplies the most additional information” – an idea entirely absent from RDA. If the next version of DCRM maintains this guideline, it would represent a major departure from
RDA. Is this variation justifiable?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">(I don’t yet have an opinion on the matter.)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Francis</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Francis Lapka · Catalog Librarian</p>
<p dir="ltr">Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts</p>
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<p dir="ltr">203.432.9672 · <a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu">francis.lapka@yale.edu</a></p>
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