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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group (CVEG) is announcing a new batch of scope notes available for public comment on our blog. These proposed scope notes are for existing terms in the RBMS Controlled
Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging. Scope notes will be available for public comment from
<b>December 3, 2025 through December 17, 2025</b>. After the public review period, CVEG will discuss the comments and make necessary changes before updating the vocabulary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To comment, please respond to the appropriate term post. The terms for this review period are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/thongs-bindings-scope-note-project/">Thongs (Bindings)</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/alum-tawed-thongs-bindings-scope-note-project/">Alum tawed thongs (Bindings)</a><b>
</b>[Scope Note Project]<b><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/leather-thongs-bindings-scope-note-project/">Leather thongs (Bindings)</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/vellum-thongs-bindings-scope-note-project/">Vellum thongs (Bindings)</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/endpapers-scope-note-project/">Endpapers</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/headbands-scope-note-project/">Headbands</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/doublures-scope-note-project/">Doublures</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/leather-doublures-scope-note-project/">Leather doublures</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/tortoise-shell-bindings-scope-note-project/">Tortoise shell bindings</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/12/03/cuir-cisele-bindings-scope-note-project/">Cuir-ciselé bindings</a> [Scope Note Project]<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please contact <a href="mailto:vocabularies@rbms.info">
vocabularies@rbms.info</a> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sarah Hoover and Jenny Bradshaw<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">CVEG co-editors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Sarah Hoover<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Interim Head of Bibliographic Cataloging for Special Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Wilson Special Collections Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sehoover@email.unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">sehoover@email.unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">she/her/hers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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