FW: Topic 4. Transcription

[Elizabeth Robinson]

Hello, folks

I have received one response so far to the message below. I need to clarify that when I say "Leave it like it is" I mean leave the *rule* (0H) as it is. Also I need to say that the options as I have them listed below address both the notion of transcription unto itself and the notion of which MARC field to put what in.

Finally, my one response so far suggested we also discuss the double punctuation option (rule 0E, p. 4, 3rd paragraph). The question is, I believe, should we leave this as-is (i.e. an option) or make double punctuation the rule. Would we then offer ISBD only/single punctuation  as an option?

--Elizabeth A. Robinson
  Principal Rare Book Cataloger
  Huntington Library
  erobinson at huntington.org



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From: 	Elizabeth Robinson[SMTP:erobinson at huntington.org]
Sent: 	Friday, January 15, 1999 10:15 AM
To: 	'DCRB-L'
Subject: 	Topic 4. Transcription

Hello.

The topic I am working on (as regards revision of DCRB) is the transcription rules. The chief one seems to be the i/j and u/v issues, so I will start with that. However, if there are other transcription issues we need to discuss, please let me know.

The rule in question for i/j, etc. is 0H which currently instructs catalogers to first try to determine a pattern of usage and then use the table within the rule as last resort. This is for conversion between upper and lowercase.

As I see it, the options are:

1. Leave it like it is.

	EX.  245 10 Advice from a country judge.
	
		[Printed as: ADUICE FROM A COUNTRY 		IUDGE]	

2. Leave it like it is and add a statement to enter a 246 (variant of title) in the manner in which printed (which is what many libraries do already):

	EX. 245 10 Advice from a country judge.
	      246 3_ Aduice from a country iudge

3. Do a vice versa: 245 as printed and 246 as conversion.

	EX. 245 10 Aduice from a country iudge.
	      246 3_ Advice from a country judge

Are there other problematic transcription areas we need to discuss?

Thanks.

--Elizabeth A. Robinson
  Principal Rare Book Cataloger
  Huntington Library
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At 10:23 AM 1/15/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I think it's fine to replace the MLC appendix with the Core. The one thing
I did
>note is that the MLC appendix highlights copy-specific notes to include
whereas
>core doesn't (unless I missed something). I think we should keep that.
>
>--Elizabeth A. Robinson

It is obviously good advice that notes that will help identify particular
copies of valuable books ought to be included in one's records, though the
business at hand is a standard for shared cataloguing. - Richard Noble
RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOK CATALOGUER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-2093 : RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU