<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 3:49 PM Noble, Richard <<a href="mailto:richard_noble@brown.edu">richard_noble@brown.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">My first reaction is to be glad that dcrmb records with original punctuation retained might be a bit less cluttered. Others' thoughts?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_785019642502020498gmail_signature"><font face="'courier new', monospace">RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY</font><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">BROWN UNIVERSITY :: PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912 :: 401-863-1187</font></div><div><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><</span><a href="mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace" target="_blank">Richard_Noble@Br</a><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><a href="http://own.edu" target="_blank">own.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">></span></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Xiaoli Li</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xlli@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">xlli@ucdavis.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 3:17 PM<br>Subject: [PCCLIST] New policy regarding limited use of ISBD punctuation in bibliographic records<br>To: <<a href="mailto:PCCLIST@listserv.loc.gov" target="_blank">PCCLIST@listserv.loc.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;color:black">At its recent</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/PoCo-2018/PoCo-Agenda-2018.pdf" id="gmail-m_785019642502020498m_4684575907581016733LPlnk333817" class="gmail-m_785019642502020498m_4684575907581016733OWAAutoLink" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">meeting</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;color:black">, the PCC Policy Committee
reaffirmed its decision to allow bibliographic records with limited ISBD punctuation to be treated as full-level PCC copy. This decision comes after reviewing feedback from test participants who evaluated three test sets of records provided by Library of Congress,
the National Library of Medicine, and OCLC. For more information about the test, please read the message below or click
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Beginning in spring 2019, PCC libraries will have three options to handle ISBD punctuation when authenticating new records:
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Omit terminal period in any field*; code Leader/18 (Descriptive cataloging form) “i”</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Omit ISBD punctuation between subfields of descriptive fields and omit terminal period in any field*; code Leader/18
(Descriptive cataloging form) “c”</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;color:black">* Exception: Terminal periods integral to the data (e.g., recorded as part of abbreviations, initials, etc.) should
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;color:black">Options 2 and 3 are optional, not mandatory. However, creating records with limited punctuation is expected to
save time for catalogers, simplify training of new catalogers, make it easier to map data to and from other formats, and allow for an easier transition to linked data or vice versa (e.g., mapping BIBFRAME to MARC).
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Provide adequate training resources for catalogers and revise PCC documentation to update policies and include examples
with limited punctuation; <br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Request that LC Network Development and MARC Standards Office and bibliographic utilities revise MARC 21 documentation
to include examples with limited punctuation; <br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Work with bibliographic utilities and other interested parties to develop tools and specifications to automate the process
of removal or reinsertion of punctuation;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Encourage vendors, bibliographic utilities, etc., to explore functionality to index and display records with limited
punctuation as defined by the PCC; <br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif">Encourage vendors, bibliographic utilities, etc., to explore functionality to allow their users to easily add or remove
punctuation as needed.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;color:black"><span>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;color:black">The Policy Committee is in the process of developing a detailed implementation plan which will include the aforementioned
style guidelines. I will share more information with you as it becomes available.<span>
</span>In the meantime, if you have questions, suggestions, or comments, please feel free to contact me.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif"></span></p>
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