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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Further to Edinburgh discussions (RDA and Rare Materials Seminar) last November, I am enclosing (for those souls who are interested) one of our first new catalogue entries for VM in RDA. </span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I
recommend looking at the MARC version in the catalogue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=010577174"><span lang="FR-CH">http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=010577174</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">We switched to RDA 4 days ago and are managing to get through the week with some of our sanity intact.
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The German-language GND is a sensational database of authority data for all subjects (see 6xx fields) but is itself groaning under the weight of 12 Million+ entries, some of which urgently require merging together
and revision generally. . Our work also entails entering new terms directly into the GND and uploading the metadata and TIFs on to the platforms
<a href="http://www.e-manuscripta.ch">www.e-manuscripta.ch</a> and <a href="http://www.e-rara.ch">
www.e-rara.ch</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Hope all got off to a positive start to the new year. I follow the discussions on DCRM-L with great interest, so thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Best regards from Zürich,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Alice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Alice Robinson B.Lib.MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Stv. Leiterin Graphische Sammlung und Fotoarchiv<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Zentralbibliothek Zürich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Zähringerplatz 6<br>
CH-8001 Zürich<br>
Tel.: +41 44 268 31 69<br>
Fax: +41 44 268 32 90<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"><a href="mailto:alice.robinson@zb.uzh.ch">alice.robinson@zb.uzh.ch</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"><a href="http://www.zb.uzh.ch/">http://www.zb.uzh.ch</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH">Anwesend: Mo, Do, Fr</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH"><br>
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