[DCRM-L] DCRM(B) final close reading

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Dear friends of DCRM,

As we head into the final days of DCRM(B) preparation, I want to issue a
call for volunteer proofreaders. The text is due to the indexer on
Tuesday September 5. We wish to subject DCRM(B) to another round of
close reading between September 5 and October 1, when the text is due to
the GPO for printing. (November 1 is the date it's expected to hit the
streets). 

Bibliographic Standards members and volunteers from the community did a
close reading of the delta version of DCRM(B) in preparation for our
public hearing in June 2005. That was a productive and beneficial
exercise. For this, the eta version, the main purpose will be to
proofread for typos, missing words, inconsistency of punctuation or
indentation, and the like. (For example, I just noticed that we
sometimes use a colon after "but" and sometimes not when introducing
counter-examples). We are not expecting content-related problems
(fingers crossed), with the possible exception of rule references--we've
been breaking up longer rules with added sub-numbering, and references
to them will need to be double- and triple-checked. 

Speaking of double and triple-checking, I hope to have enough volunteers
in addition to Bib Standards committee members to assign two or three
people to each section.  Please let me know if you would like to
contribute to DCRM(B) in this final important task and thereby win our
sincere gratitude, and if so, how many sections you'd be willing to
take, and whether you have any preferences. We also need at least a
couple of people willing to proofread the entire text, preface to
glossary. 

Preface 
Introduction (including Objectives & Principles and Pre-Cataloging
Decisions) 
Area 0 General rules 
Area 1 Title and statement of responsibility
Areas 2 & 8  Edition and standard numbers
Area 4 Publication, distribution, etc. 
Area 5  Physical description
Area 6 Series
Area 7 Notes
Appendix A: Marc 21 Descriptive Conventions Code	
Appendix B: Collection-Level Records	
Appendix C: Core-Level Records	
Appendix D: Minimal-Level Records	
Appendix E: Variations Requiring A New Description 	
Appendix F: Title Access Points	
Appendix G: Early Letter Forms And Symbols	
Appendix H: Individual Issues Of Serials  
Glossary

Thanks for considering it. --DJL
__________________________________________
Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
http://www.folger.edu/bsc/index.html
Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol St., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003
djleslie at folger.edu || 202.675-0369 || http://www.folger.edu 

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