[DCRB-L] Current status and next steps

[Penny Welbourne]

Speaking for myself, a more in-depth index with respect to sub-numbering 
would be wonderful and probably save a lot of time, especially for those of 
us who haven't worked with DCRB as long as others may have.

Penny Welbourne


At 06:11 PM 4/1/2003 -0500, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Here is an update on the status of the working group documents. Papers 
>from groups 1 (general principles) and 6 (when to create a new record) 
>have already been posted. Group 4 (collection-level) will have their paper 
>ready very soon. Groups 2 (transcription of early letter forms), 3 
>(machine-press materials), and 5 (problems and lacunae) are the three 
>groups dealing with DCRB rules, and so the editing of these three will 
>take place simultaneously and require more time. Group 2 is very nearly 
>finished with their work, as is Group 3. The Group 5 paper is still being 
>worked on.
>
>Here is the revised editing plan. I will do the initial rough editing and 
>integration of the work of the six groups, which will be prepared for 
>discussion at the ALA summer meeting.  After that time a small editorial 
>group (who will be named shortly, I hope) will take over to do the finer 
>and more detailed editing and numbering. A glossary group is being formed, 
>and that work will be carried on contemporaneously.
>
>Elizabeth Robinson and I will be meeting with Barbara Tillett in the near 
>future, at which time we should have some answers to 1) who our publisher 
>is, 2) what kind of review process LC wants to have, and 3) some idea of 
>the publishing timeline.
>
>One dangling issue is that of the index. It may require a robust revision, 
>especially if the numbering scheme changes much (I'm advocating more depth 
>in sub-numbering, so that individual paragraphs will be numbered making 
>reference much easier). I'd like to open the door for ideas on 
>accomplishing this.
>
>Many thanks to all for your continued hard work and persistence. And I 
>hope that interested non-conferees will feel free to jump in with 
>comments, questions, suggestions.
>
>Deborah
>
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Penny Welbourne
Rare Book Team
Catalog Department
Yale University Library
penny.welbourne at yale.edu
Phone: (203)432-8378
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