[DCRM-L] Area 2 comments

[Alex Thurman]

Also, I don't think the meaning of the note is certain without the book in 
hand. It could be understood as a quote given to support an edition 
statement.

--On Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:08 AM -0400 "Deborah J. Leslie" 
<DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu> wrote:

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> 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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> Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
> Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: DCRM Revision Group List
> Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] Area 2 comments
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> 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.
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> -Manon
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> At 09:27 PM 9/19/2006, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
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> I think you're right, Alex. I'll plan to replace the colon with a dash
> unless I hear a reasoned objection.
> __________________________________________
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 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
> To: DCRM Revision Group List
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Area 2 comments
>
> I second Will's comments, and add one more:
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> The example in 2B5.2 reads:
>    Optional note: "Preface to the first edition": p. 5-7
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> Should the colon after the closing quotation mark be replaced by a
> double
> dash, following 7A4.2?
>
> --Alex