[DCRM-L] Update on DCRM(S)

[Randal Brandt]

Greetings,

I want to take this opportunity to update you all on the status of 
Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials) (DCRM(S)). After the 
October close reading that many of you participated in, the editors (Jane 
Gillis, Ann Copeland, Stephen Skuce, Randy Brandt) met for several days 
earlier this month in Washington, D.C. We were joined in our meetings by 
DCRM(B) editors Deborah Leslie and Manon Theroux, and by Erin Blake, lead 
editor of the newly-commissioned DCRM(G) (Graphics ... more about that at 
Midwinter), who was there to simply observe the editorial process, but 
managed to contribute to it in spite of herself. One of the major 
developments was to align the DCRM(S) text more closely with the new CONSER 
Standard Record.

The editors also want to thank all of you who volunteered to participate in 
the close reading. We were extremely impressed with the quality and detail 
of the comments that we received. We want to assure all of you that your 
comments were given very careful consideration and that many of them 
resulted in changes to the text. Some changes were major and some were 
minor, but they all contributed to what we hope will be a much better text.

Three of the readers deserve special thanks: Joe Springer, Susan Karpuk, 
and Susan Sundquist all volunteered to read and comment on the entire text. 
Thank you!

Based on the November meetings, the deadline for finishing the text has 
been extended to February 2008. This will allow for one more face-to-face 
editorial meeting in Philadelphia, at which point we are confident that the 
text will be in final form.

As we make this final push towards Midwinter, we may be soliciting input, 
via this list, on specific points. We especially would like to hear from 
those of you with serials experience, but will welcome input from anyone. 
So, please don't be shy.

Happy holidays.

__________________________
Randal Brandt
Principal Cataloger
The Bancroft Library
(510) 643-2275
rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
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