<div dir="ltr">I remember discussing this topic on this list back in January. A few of us concluded at the time that a British Library batch upload was the likely source of many of the records with problematic 340s.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:47 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 class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">The format terms are variously understood; those who understand it as something other than a convenient shorthand for size or number of leaves surrounding a thread are probably in a major minority.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">The assumption regarding the addition of parenthetical format to the 300 under dcrmb is that it should be an educated and accurate identification of the basic printing formula, regardless of complexities and anomalies having to do with sheet size and the number of pages in a forme (the basis of format), or the inevitable eddies in printers' workflow. This is the necessary precursor to understanding which components of the whole book are subject to variations of state that do not amount to a distinction of manifestations.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">What I have seen of 340 format fields clearly indicates that they are <i>not</i> based on such analysis, and have more to do with size (perhaps exclusively) or to the number of leaves in a normal gathering, which even a neophyte bibliographer knows not to be dispositive evidence of the number of pages in the formes. OCLC records that I deal with are are all too often heavily overburdened with the detritus of multiple incompatible functions--incompatible, that is, in the disposition to equate vs. the necessity to distinguish bibliographical entities--to accommodate library routines or commercial convenience. This is just another example.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I am now of the opinion that dcrmb and non-dcrmb records should constitute parallel databases. In some cases--where the record ostensibly for a first edition with hundreds of holdings has been encrusted with data from a century's worth of reprints, reissues and obviously different editions (e.g. ISBN's in records for late 19th- or early 20th-c. books)--I have created a new dcrmb record for the thing itself: the existing record cannot be reverted to a proper state by editing, largely because its attached holdings cannot be reliably related to any one manifestation. Many of these records have a plethora of 019s, some of which must have described something quite different.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail_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></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 4:04 PM Jeff Barton <<a href="mailto:jpbarton@princeton.edu" target="_blank">jpbarton@princeton.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">
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span>Are you referring to use of format in the 340 field only, Richard, or also possibly in the 300 Phys Desp field under $c, as the optional format detail, added in addition to size? (e.g. something like "$c 10 cm
(16mo)." We/ I sometimes add that optional format info for 'early' books, sometimes in tandem with signature statement in a 500 note.
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span>I've always assumed it meant actual format (how the hand-press book was assembled), not shorthand for size. But that might explain some odd format info I've occasionally seen in records I've seen or even exported
from OCLC to add our copy-specific info to -- the format (or what I took to be format) can seem at variance with the book I have in hand. As I recall I've also occasionally noticed that in ESTC records too, (perhaps only the tentative ones with notes about
consulting an actual copy or comparing copies to see what's uniform, if anything). I've found this puzzling, but use of format to indicate general size shorthand, not actual format, would seem to explain this curiosity.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span>Thanks to all for raising this question and presenting context!</span></p>
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</b>Noble, Richard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2019 3:45 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Determining bibliographical format</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_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.</p>
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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></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Seidl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2019 2:39 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Determining bibliographical format</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">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:</p>
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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></p>
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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></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erin Blake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:29 PM<br>
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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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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">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="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">According to my chart a 24mo with horizontal chain lines cannot have 6 leaves. I’m thinking it’s a 12mo.</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">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, height 13 cm) enough evidence to determine that
my book is a 12mo?</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_4250032586376170826gmail-m_-3850368860800931596x_MsoNormal">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.</p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Noah Sheola</font><div><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Special Collections <span style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);white-space:nowrap">Cataloging Librarian</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);white-space:nowrap">John J. Burns Library</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);white-space:nowrap">Boston College</span></font></div></div></div></div></div>