[DCRM-L] Citing the new ESTC

[Robert Maxwell]

ESTC (BL) makes sense to me. 

I do understand why the delivery system is being specified, but at the
same time I wonder how important it really is. Will the numbering system
differ between the systems? I assume not. Do we want our catalogs to
have both "ESTC (RLIN)" and "ESTC (BL)" in them? Particularly since one
is a replacement for the other, which is permanently going away? Just
thinking to myself. When the time comes we'll probably globally change
all our ESTC (RLIN) references to ESTC (BL) (or whatever folks agree on
is the new standard citation).

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian
Genre/Form Authorities Librarian
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568  

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>From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu 
>[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
>Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:25 PM
>To: DCRM Revision Group List
>Subject: [DCRM-L] Citing the new ESTC
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>Dear colleagues,
>
>As you all know, the public ESTC is moving in a couple of 
>weeks to a freely-available web site on the British Library server. 
>
>Since the ESTC exists in a number of different forms and 
>delivery systems, the principles for formulating standard 
>citations requires that the delivery system also be specified. 
>When making 510's for the ESTC, I propose we cite it as ESTC 
>(BL), unless anyone has a better idea.
>
>There is also another question, which is, for those of us with 
>access to the master STAR database, how do we cite that? 
>(Juliet, are you listening?) 
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>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
>Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
>Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
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