[DCRM-L] Update on BSC

[Randal Brandt]

Dear Bibliographic Standards Committee members and friends,

Happy October!

I wanted to give you all an update on various activities of the BSC 
since our meeting at ALA in Anaheim. As you will see, the committee has 
been busy. But, there are still many things to be done and many 
opportunities for you to contribute. Read on ...

1) DCRM(S)

The most exciting news is that DCRM(S) is in press! (And, even as I 
write this, the proofs are waiting for me at home. They were delivered 
today from the Library of Congress. I can't wait to see them. But, now 
I've got a choice to make: read DCRM(S) or watch the VP debate?) We are 
on target for publication in November. It's been a long strange trip, 
and I want to profusely thank my co-editors again for all of their hard 
work and collegiality: Jane Gillis, Annie Copeland, Stephen Skuce, and 
Juliet McLaren. You guys rock!

But, a DCRM editor's work is never done and the DCRM(S) team is hard at 
work on two follow-up projects. They are working on developing an 
application guide, with examples, and a workshop to be presented at the 
RBMS preconference in Charlottesville. The application guide work is 
being conducted via a wiki. The wiki isn't quite ready for prime time 
yet, so it has not been made public. When it is, we will link to it via 
the DCRM(S) page on the Bib Standards website.

2) DCRM(C)

As the first step in the DCRM(C) process, I want to announce that Seanna 
Tsung has been appointed as a BSC member for 2008-2010. In the coming 
weeks, Seanna and I will be working on appointing the rest of the 
DCRM(C) editorial team, to be announced at ALA Midwinter in Denver. 
Welcome, Seanna!

3) Revision of Standard Citation Forms (SCF)

A working group has been formed to continue work on the revision of 
/Standard Citation Forms for Rare Book Cataloging/. Elizabeth Robinson 
is leading the team, whose members include Marcia Barrett, Jane 
Carpenter, Jason Kovari, Ann Myers, and Phyllis C. Payne. The group is 
performing initial work on checking the citations to be changed and 
determining the AACR2 form of the citation. Early discussions on this 
revision also revealed the desirability of having a subfield in the 510 
for a URL. John Attig will be submitting a proposal for this to MARBI.

4) Examples to Accompany DCRM(B) and DCRM(S)

Eduardo Tenenbaum and Nina Schneider have agreed to co-chair a BSC task 
group to work on developing examples for both DCRM(B) and DCRM(S). The 
Rare Materials Cataloging Task Group of AALL is still interested in 
collaborating with BSC. Additional volunteers are needed for this 
project, so please let me know if you are interested in participating.

5) Program Development

As I mentioned earlier, a workshop on DCRM(S) is in the works. But, BSC 
still needs to develop a seminar for 2009. I have asked David Faulds to 
lead this effort. Several good ideas for seminars were mentioned at ALA. 
If you've got other ideas, or would like to work with David, please let 
me know.

6) RDA draft

According to the JSC website, the full draft of RDA is still scheduled 
to be released this month. I would like to start putting a team together 
to review the document on behalf of the BSC. If you would like to join 
the effort, please let me know.

The above list of BSC activities is not exhaustive. The controlled 
vocabularies team and the editorial teams for the other DCRM components 
in progress are continuing their work. In fact, the DCRM(MSS) team is 
meeting this week in Washington, DC for an intensive round of editing. 
But, I wanted to at least share the highlights.

As you all can see, there is a need for volunteers on several projects. 
Opportunities are available for committee members and non-committee 
members alike. If you are interested in any of them, or have any 
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Randal Brandt
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee

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Principal Cataloger
The Bancroft Library
(510) 643-2275
rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
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remembering my reasons for them"--The Streets.

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