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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee is working with OCLC’s Jay Weitz on a separate project; and I think OCLC’s John Chapman is a subscriber to this list. I am happy to reach out to the two
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Noble, Richard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2019 3:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Determining bibliographical format<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Should some formal-ish inter-organizational inquiry be made to OCLC Quality Control, concerning the addition of and criteria for these 340s?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">BROWN UNIVERSITY :: PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912 :: 401-863-1187</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:09 PM Mark Seidl <<a href="mailto:marseidl@vassar.edu">marseidl@vassar.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I double-checked Bibliographic Formats and Standards and found that the 340 |m does, indeed, contain printing format. Even so, with this confusion between format and height floating around, we'll need to be extra vigilant to make sure format
does end up in the 340 |m and size, as Christine points out, in the 852 |k where it belongs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:02 PM Christine DeZelar-Tiedman <<a href="mailto:dezel002@umn.edu" target="_blank">dezel002@umn.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes. Size designators should be in 852 $k, NOT 340<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 1:45 PM Moody, Honor M. <<a href="mailto:honor_moody@harvard.edu" target="_blank">honor_moody@harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I saw one of those 340s (presumably added in batch) earlier today, and was not pleased. I know Jackie Dooley
was on this list before her retirement, does anyone know if there is an OCLC employee currently subscribed and/or monitoring the list? I think this is worth raising with them (and requesting a deletion in the vast majority of cases).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Seidl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2019 2:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Determining bibliographical format<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I just want to second Richard's comment and offer my own institution, Vassar, as an example. In Special Collections, we shelve books by three sizes: folio, quarto, and octavo. These
denote height and have only a coincidental relationship to the printing format of the books. Further, these distinctions don't appear in our records, except for "Folio" which leads the call numbers for books of that size.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If I understand correctly Richard's remarks about the RDA 340 field, I'm bothered by the possibility of this size information ending up in records where it could be mistaken for
printing format designations, which traditionally appear in the 300.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:12 PM Noble, Richard <<a href="mailto:richard_noble@brown.edu" target="_blank">richard_noble@brown.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Format = Spine height is not just in recon records. There seems to be a recently initiated program (centered I know not
where) of wholesale insertion into OCLC records of 340 rda "format" fields, which are clearly a reversion to this ancient and (for rare catalogers) potentially highly misleading descriptive practice. It would seem to be a device for assigning shelving locations,
which are in many places given as 12mo, 8vo , 4to, folio. This has nothing to do with the printing format, especially with respect to modern books which may really be e.g. 32mo in 8s or some such thing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:00 PM Moody, Honor M. <<a href="mailto:honor_moody@harvard.edu" target="_blank">honor_moody@harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">It’s not uncommon to see a bibliographic format meaning spine height in recon records in OCLC. If the only/primary
difference between the OCLC description and the piece in hand is a difference in bibliographic format, and no height is given in cm, I’ve found it worthwhile to check the public catalog of the creating library (in case they updated locally), or to contact
the library to confirm.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erin Blake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Determining bibliographical format<o:p></o:p></p>
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that shows centimeters on the left edge and spine high terms on the right. See the "Same words, different meanings" section of the Folgerpedia article "Bibliographic format" for my attempted explanation:
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https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Bibliographic_format</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Erin Blake, PhD (she/her) | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, 20003 |
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:54 AM Mark Seidl <<a href="mailto:marseidl@vassar.edu" target="_blank">marseidl@vassar.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Worry not--yours is absolutely and appropriate question!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">In my experience, dealers' catalogs/descriptions can be useful but also misleading. Some are excellent, others hastily thrown together. In any case, we catalogers need to treat
dealer's descriptions with healthy skepticism. I always compare dealers' descriptions with my own collations, going with my own when I'm confident the dealer made a mistake. In short, always verify.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As for your question about the OCLC record for a copy that resembles yours, I and, I think, others who post here would need to know a bit more about the copy you have.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">One question I have is about determining format. The book dealer says it’s a 24mo. The gatherings have 6 leaves each, the chain lines are horizontal, and the height is 13 cm.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">According to my chart a 24mo with horizontal chain lines cannot have 6 leaves. I’m thinking it’s a 12mo.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">There is a dcrmb record in OCLC for a 12mo copy that is very similar to mine (signatures and number of preliminary pages are different). 973455836.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">So, my questions are: how much weight does a cataloger give to a dealer’s description? And, is the information I’ve provided here (gatherings of 6 leaves, horizontal chain lines,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If this is an inappropriate question please be gentle with me. I’m an old cataloger, but a spanking new rare-book cataloger, eager to participate in this community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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