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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">This spring, the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) formed a Rare Materials Working Group to assist the RSC in developing the treatment of rare materials in RDA (see:
<a href="http://www.rda-rsc.org/workinggroups" id="LPlnk315798" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline">
http://www.rda-rsc.org/workinggroups</a>). One of the tasks assigned to the working group was a review of all RDA exceptions (etc.) for Early Printed Resources. To this end, the WG will submit a handful of RDA revision proposals for RSC review in the 2016 cycle.
All proposals are due by August 1. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The WG is very interested in comments from members of this list. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Three proposals ready for review are described below (and in the document here:
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AFybjUog0_vu34MgprzPGp2ktrIYq4Du6IQWlBolth8/edit" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AFybjUog0_vu34MgprzPGp2ktrIYq4Du6IQWlBolth8/edit</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">).
Before August 1, the WG hopes to share two or three additional proposals (stay tuned).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please don’t be shy about adding your suggestions, comments, or questions. To do so:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Use the comment feature in any of the Google docs linked herewith; or</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Send your thoughts to this list, putting the proposal title in the subject line; or</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Email me, at <a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline">
francis.lapka@yale.edu</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thanks,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Francis </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">RSC/Rare WG/1 Early Printed Resources and Rare Printed Resources</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMnuYGOCfFSOlL9NBnvDznu0saWXslf3okfoQayidA8/edit" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMnuYGOCfFSOlL9NBnvDznu0saWXslf3okfoQayidA8/edit</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">This proposal recommends three changes:</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black"><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Revise the chronological scope of the term “early printed resources” to accommodate regional differences for the concept of early.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black"><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Add the category “rare printed resources,” to define a category of materials for which an agency may choose to provide a more detailed description of the resource
as a physical object.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black"><span style="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Replace “early printed resources”<i>
</i>with “rare printed resources” in RDA instructions where there is no justification for limiting application to early resources.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">RSC/Rare WG/2 Revision to RDA 1.8.1 Numbers Expressed as Numerals or as Words</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gmds5e2GJq27l2QH02gtH1f0sKzvvmJM15nN2z2vSfY/edit" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gmds5e2GJq27l2QH02gtH1f0sKzvvmJM15nN2z2vSfY/edit</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">This proposal revises the alternative for early printed resources within the general guidelines for numbers expressed as numerals or as words (1.8.1). The proposal recommends three changes:</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black"><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Add numbering within series and numbering within subseries to the list of elements for which numbers are transcribed in the form in which they appear on the source
of information.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black"><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Re-classify the alternative as an exception.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black"><span style="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Broaden the scope of the alternative/exception so that it applies to rare printed resources instead of early printed resources.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">RSC/Rare WG/3 Revision to RDA 3.4.5 Extent of Text</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">(coming soon)</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">RSC/Rare WG/4 Revision to RDA 3.12 Book Format and related terms</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzYfF2udcQuazLrdGXQkm4R03BgCENaNT50iTKHXQjo/edit" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzYfF2udcQuazLrdGXQkm4R03BgCENaNT50iTKHXQjo/edit</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">This proposal revises RDA 3.12 Book Format in order to bring the instructions into greater alignment with contemporary definitions of the concept of
<i>format</i> and to introduce other minor improvements. The proposal recommends parallel changes to the RDA Glossary.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">RSC/Rare WG/5 Revision to RDA 3.21.2.9 Note on Extent of Manifestation, Early Printed Resources</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p>
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