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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Drafts of the three remaining proposals have now been added for community review, here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AFybjUog0_vu34MgprzPGp2ktrIYq4Du6IQWlBolth8/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AFybjUog0_vu34MgprzPGp2ktrIYq4Du6IQWlBolth8/edit</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">The three new proposals are described below. I very much welcome your comments and suggestions. Proposals are due by August 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">RSC/Rare WG/3 Revision to RDA 3.4.5 Extent of Text</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ydTeAvYdASbp1S-BqCnCbM410ct1lhzQXIjxdLiFxc/edit"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ydTeAvYdASbp1S-BqCnCbM410ct1lhzQXIjxdLiFxc/edit</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">This proposal revises instructions and exceptions for early printed resources in RDA 3.4.5 Extent of Text, recommending the following primary changes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Broaden the scope of the exceptions so that they apply to rare printed resources instead of early printed resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Move and revise the exception for early printed resources in 3.4.5.2, so that it more directly responds to general instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Broaden the scope of the exception in 3.4.5.3.2 Inessential Matter, so that it includes all inessential matter (not just advertisements)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Droid 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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/145QYmtEQgMR8f0Sf2gtbqX_8QpkOUjc9-L1c4Yp_EtY/edit"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/145QYmtEQgMR8f0Sf2gtbqX_8QpkOUjc9-L1c4Yp_EtY/edit</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">This proposal revises RDA 3.21.2.9 Note on Extent of Manifestation, Early Printed Resources, and related instructions in chapter 3. It recommends the following
changes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Broaden the scope of the guidelines so that they apply to rare printed resources instead of early printed resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Add pertinent examples to the both instructions in 3.21.2.9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Delete mention of “type measurements,” moving the example to 3.13.1.3 Recording Font Size<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Delete mention of “frame measurements,” moving the example to 3.21.3.3 Details of Dimensions of Manifestation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">RSC/Rare WG/6 Revision to RDA 2.2.2.2 Sources of Information</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1prh1lssgkeeGI9RqiV1kNuZo72ZD_Vi-uOwjNDWqPvU/edit"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1prh1lssgkeeGI9RqiV1kNuZo72ZD_Vi-uOwjNDWqPvU/edit</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">This proposal revises instructions on sources of information in RDA 2.2.2.2 Resources Consisting of One or More Pages, Leaves, Sheets, or Cards, recommending three
changes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Revise the exception for early printed resources so that the preferred source of information is based on the source in which the information is most formally presented (when
the resource lacks a title page, title sheet, or title card).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Simplify the final two paragraphs of 2.2.2.2 (for all materials).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif";color:black">Add a reference to 2.17.2.3 Title Source (for all materials).<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif">Francis Lapka · Catalog Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif">Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif">Yale Center for British Art<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif">203.432.9672 ·
<a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu"><span style="color:blue">francis.lapka@yale.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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