[DCRM-L] Naming convention for statements of extent

[Schneider, Nina]

This sounds like a job for Controlled Vocabularies! Ha ha
 
OCLC calls the first part "Statement of pagination" and the remainder
"Statement of illustrative matter" and so does MARC21:
 

	When the statement of pagination and of illustrative matter are
combined, they are both recorded in a single subfield $a.

	300	$a74 p. of ill., 15 p. ;$c28 cm. 

	300	$a27 leaves of plates, 4 p. ;$c31 cm. 

 
 ISBD's definition of 300:

	The name of the specific type of material to which the item
belongs, and an indication of the number of pieces in an item, the
number of constituent parts (e.g. pages, frames) of an item, etc.,
consisting of one physical entity, and, for items with a playing
time, the duration of the item.

But that doesn't go beyond "constituent parts".

How helpful is that? Not very, I'm afraid. 

Nina
 
	

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Subject: [DCRM-L] Naming convention for statements of extent



I've twisted my tongue for years trying to use formal language to make
distinctions between the two parts that together make up the statement
of extent. I'm hoping this community can establish a convention for
referring to these two parts, and throw this out as a suggestion. 

 

*         The "statement of text" = the first sub-element of the
statement of extent, comprising the extent of letterpress leaves (or
plates, if the book is wholly or primarily plates as in 5B1.4)  

*         The "statement of plates" = second sub-element of the
statement of extent, comprising the extent of plates

 

It's imperfect, because what's on the letterpress may not be text, but I
can't think of anything better. 5B1.4 itself provides a precedent: "If
the leaves are all or chiefly non-letterpress, record them as leaves or
pages of text  ..."

 

 

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