0C (DCRB-AACR2 analysis)

Patrick Russell prussell at library.berkeley.edu
Mon Jun 7 15:32:37 MDT 1999


Hi all:

Yes; realign language  with AACR2

Patrick

At 03:09 PM 6/3/99 -0600, Robert Maxwell wrote:
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>http://www.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/people/rlm/bsc/dcrb/0C.htm
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>Recommendation (0C1, 0C3): 
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>I do not see much reason under rare principles for the differences between
>the two codes (except possibly 1F), and in many ways the AACR2 language is
>superior. The language should be realigned.
>
>Recommendation (0C2): 
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>DCRB's changes from AACR2 do not for the most part have any rare book
>principles behind them, and in fact are less comprehensive than AACR2. They
>should be reworded to reflect AACR2 1.0H1 (or perhaps the DCRB cataloger
>should be simply referred to AACR2 1.0H1), with the addition of how to deal
>with the situation of the engraved title page, and the provision for notes.
>The language of the note provision needs to be clarified.
>
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>Robert L. Maxwell
>Special Collections and Ancient Languages Cataloger
>6428 Harold B. Lee Library
>Brigham Young University
>Provo, UT 84602
>(801) 378-5568
>robert_maxwell at byu.edu
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