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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m sorry to hear this. When I was a new rare books cataloger, probably some time around 1995, I remember writing to Svato at LC asking for advice for a particular dilemma I was having. I don’t remember the details,
but it was something that involved a choice, cataloger’s judgment, and I couldn’t decide what to do. I have always remembered his kind and practical advice—he didn’t tell me what to do, he just said “Make a decision, do it, and move on.” I appreciated this
and it reinforced in me the fact that we as catalogers don’t need to be told what to do in every case. In many cases, perhaps most, we should be making up our own minds about cataloging choices, doing it, and moving on, not waiting for someone to tell us what
to do. The world won’t end and nobody will die as a result of our cataloging decision :-), to cite another favorite cataloging leader, Mickey Koth, who was saying the same thing Svato was in another way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Robert L. Maxwell<br>
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian<br>
6728 Harold B. Lee Library<br>
Brigham Young University<br>
Provo, UT 84602<br>
(801)422-5568</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Bryan, Anna<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'DCRM Users' Group' <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Svato Schutzner<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please join me in mourning the loss of Svato Schutzner, author of Medieval and renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress : a descriptive catalog (Washington : Library of Congress, 1989-1999) v. 1: Bibles, liturgy, books of
hours; v. 2: Theology and canon law. The link below is the announcement from yesterday’s Washington Post.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=svato-schutzner&pid=191452959">https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=svato-schutzner&pid=191452959</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was privileged to know Svato, who trained me on incunabula cataloging. Hardly a day passes when I do not use some of the knowledge he passed on to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anna R. Bryan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Cataloger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rare Materials Section<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">U.S. Anglo Division<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I speak only for myself.<o:p></o:p></p>
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