[DCRM-L] Reconsidering digraphs

[Manon Theroux]

Or perhaps I should say that I don't expect rules for rare materials 
cataloging to force me to transcribe less faithfully than AACR2/LCRIs!

-Manon

At 2/22/2005 12:05 PM, Manon Theroux wrote:
>My dissatisfaction with the current DCRM(B) instruction springs from the 
>realization that if I'm cataloging, say, a 20th-century French book with a 
>title that has the "oe" together, AACR2/LCRIs would allow me to transcribe 
>as found (as would DCRB), but DCRM(B) would not.
>
>I expect rules for rare materials cataloging to allow more faithful 
>transcription than AACR2/LCRIs. Thus, I would prefer that we either
>
>1) stick to the current DCRB instructions for transcribing "oe" and "ae" or
>2) simply transcribe them as found
>
>-Manon

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