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

[R. Arvid Nelsen]

Hi Deborah,

Thanks. I already located the assignment and instructions, but thanks for following up.

Cheers,
Arvid

R. Arvid Nelsen
Coord. of Technical Services/Original Cataloger/Classical Studies Librarian
University of California, San Diego
Mandeville Special Collections Library
9500 Gilman Drive, 0175S
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Phone: 858-534-6766
Fax: 858-534-5950


>>> DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu 09/07/06 17:24 PM >>>
Sent this by mistake to DCRM-L; resending.

Arvid, you have area 5 and the Glossary.

Please see http://www.folger.edu/bsc/dcrb/dcrmtext.html
<http://www.folger.edu/bsc/dcrb/dcrmtext.html>  for text and
proofreading instructions. D.

__________________________________________

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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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] DCRM(B) final close reading

Please give me an assignment.  Cheers, Arvid

R. Arvid Nelsen

Coord. of Technical Services/Original Cataloger/Classical Studies
Librarian

University of California, San Diego

Mandeville Special Collections Library

9500 Gilman Drive, 0175S

La Jolla, CA 92093-0175

Phone: 858-534-6766

Fax: 858-534-5950

 

>>> DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu 08/24/06 05:10PM >>>

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