[DCRM-L] Appendix B corrections
Ann W. Copeland
auc1 at psulias.psu.edu
Thu Sep 14 08:29:29 MDT 2006
A few additional comments on Appendix B:
B1.3. first line Congress' guidelines (make possessive)
B1.4. We say these guidelines are not intended for traditional
archives and manuscripts and direct catalogers of those materials to
DACS. Then in B3 we discuss arrangement and description and finding
aids, send people to Roe's Arranging and Describing Archives and
Manuscripts for more guidance, and in B3.2 talk about the basic
tenets of archival practice. Does this seem contradictory to anyone?
I suggest at B1.4 adding a sentence following the mention of DACS to
the effect of:
However, many of the activities associated with arranging and
describing traditional archival or manuscript collections also
pertain to collections of printed materials and are referenced in
these guidelines (or something).
B4. I find the first sentence awkward. Could we turn it around? "Use
AACR2 and the LCRIs....
240 - typo, needs "to": according to AACR2
300 field...Dimensions. Optionally (there is nothing given as an
instruction to which there should be an option)
5XX redundancy in last two sentences: described below / presented below.
May need to ask original authors about the next three:
580 Linking entry complexity note : it seems to me that we should
have a corresponding 773 for the Margaret Mead Collection in the
example. At least in OCLC 580/7XX fields go together.
7XX fields: added entries
Add a sentence: If a 580 Linking complexity note has been used to
describe the relationship of the collection being cataloged to a
larger collection, make an added entry
for the larger collection using a 773.
B5.1. .... 245 field: Indicate in subfield $n that the collection ...
Sentence is a bit problematic. We are not asking catalogers to
indicate through the $n that there are more records, rather to
indicate which record it is among others. I would suggest something
that says to use the $n (number of part/section) to indicate which
part of the collection the cataloging record addresses (among others
in a sequence of multiple records).
Thanks, Annie
At 03:14 PM 9/13/2006, James Stephenson wrote:
>A couple of observations for Appendix B:
>
>B2.1: add bullet point for first category
>
>500 field, general note: do not italicize the direction
>
>Jim Stephenson
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