[DCRM-L] Area 2 comments

[Deborah J. Leslie]

It seems to me that the deciding factor should not be the meaning of the note, but the punctuation of the note. After quotation marks, can we say (or imply via examples) that a dash rather than a colon is appropriate?   

 

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Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Manon Theroux
Sent: Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 11:01
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Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] Area 2 comments

 

I think it is correct as it stands. It is an informal contents note, not a quotation note. It is saying that on pages 5-7 you will find the text called "Preface to the first edition." If it were a quotation, it would give only a single page number and the punctuation would be as Alex suggests.

-Manon

At 09:27 PM 9/19/2006, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:



I think you're right, Alex. I'll plan to replace the colon with a dash
unless I hear a reasoned objection. 
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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
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [ mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu <mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> ] On
Behalf Of Alex Thurman
Sent: 12 September 2006 11:52
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Area 2 comments

I second Will's comments, and add one more:

The example in 2B5.2 reads:
   Optional note: "Preface to the first edition": p. 5-7

Should the colon after the closing quotation mark be replaced by a
double 
dash, following 7A4.2?

--Alex

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