[DCRM-L] ESTC and the revision of SCF

[Will Evans]

Since we are all chiming in, I also think ESTC is fine as it is.


Out of curiousity, has there been much demand from the scholarly community
to expand these citations?

Best,

Will	


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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Ryan Hildebrand
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] ESTC and the revision of SCF

I think ESTC is okay as-is. Using the acronym also sidesteps the issue 
of whether the cataloger was citing the Eighteenth century short title 
catalog or the English short title catalog, if that is of any 
significance (to expand it suggests in all cases the later work was 
cited). I believe most, if not all, catalog records for ESTC have title 
added entries for the acronym, so identification in library catalogs 
based on 510 citation shouldn't be a problem.

-Ryan



On 9/9/2008 8:46 AM, Randal Brandt wrote:
> As those of you who follow the work of the RBMS Bibliographic 
> Standards Committee already know, a revision of _Standard Citation 
> Forms for Rare Book Cataloging_ (SCF) is underway (please see the 
> agenda and draft minutes from the Bib Standards meeting held in 
> Anaheim in June 2008 for more information: 
>
http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/conference-docs/inde
x.html) 
>
>
> One of the key principles of the revision is to make citations used in 
> bibliographic records (in MARC tag 510) more understandable to 
> researchers (and, by extension, other catalogers). In order to do 
> that, citations will be based, as much as possible, on the AACR2 
> entries for the works being cited. Current single-name or single-word 
> citations will be expanded.
>
> However, at the Anaheim meeting, a lively discussion took place over 
> the citation for the ESTC. The room was basically split over what to 
> do about it. Many favored leaving it alone; "ESTC" is so widely known 
> that the existing citation is sufficient. Others favored following the 
> new, AACR2-based principle and expanding the citation to "English 
> short title catalogue."
>
> At the meeting, it was decided to take the ESTC debate to this list 
> and see what the wider rare materials cataloging community thought 
> about it. I'll get the discussion rolling by stating my own opinion.
>
> I am in the camp that believes that "ESTC" is OK as it is. The acronym 
> is sufficiently well-known and does not need to be spelled out. 
> Researchers and catalogers alike all know what it means. More 
> importantly, a title keyword search on "ESTC" in OCLC WorldCat 
> retrieves the bibliographic record for the resource.
>
> What do the rest of you think?
>
> Randal Brandt
> Chair, ACRL/RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
>

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