[DCRM-L] scope notes for genre terms

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Nina, I'll work on a few.

_____________________________
Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
Head of Cataloging
Folger Shakespeare Library
djleslie at folger.edu
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 nina at supermodern.com
Sent: Monday, 17 September, 2007 12:39
To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
Subject: [DCRM-L] scope notes for genre terms


Good morning!

In anticipation of my move to California, I uploaded all my email from
work -- or thought I had -- to a personal account. Unfortunately, the
file relating to the scope note project for RBMS Genre Terms was lost. I
recall many individuals who expressed interest in volunteering to work
on this project, but am taking advantage of this opportunity to put out
another call. Below is the original email I sent. If you had
volunteered, please let me know. If you didn't, but are interested in
helping out, now is your chance to speak up:

---
One of the goals of the Bibliographic Standards Committee's Thesaurus
Subcommittee is to provide scope notes (SN) for all terms found in the
Controlled Vocabularies for use in Rare Book Cataloging
(http://rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/controlled_vocabula
ries/index.shtml). As a first step, the subcommittee has identified 59
terms from the Genre Terms Thesaurus (rbgenr) that need SN's as soon as
possible, either to resolve conflicts among thesauri, or to fulfill
requests from users. We are seeking volunteers to draft SN's for these
terms. 

We hope to have enough volunteers so that each person will only work on
five terms. If you are interested in volunteering, we ask that you first
become familiar with the ANSI/NISO standard
(http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-19-2005.pdf). This document
will help in the formation of appropriate and succinct descriptions. 

---

Please respond with your statement of interest no later than Sept. 26th
so terms can be assigned accordingly. 

Thanks very much. 


Nina Schneider
Thesaurus Editor