[DCRM-L] FW: BRS and rare books/material

Fri Oct 16 09:16:34 MDT 2009

Deborah,

Yes, the actual evidence of DCRB Core usage that I reported in a second
article (LRTS 50, no. 1 (January 2006): 42-57) was that between
implementation of the DCRB Core standard in 1999 and the middle of 2003,
only 224 DCRB Core records were found in both RLIN and OCLC.  They were
created by 13 libraries, but the bulk were created by four libraries.  Some
were BIBCO records and others were not.  The first article that Jain cited
was based on a questionnaire that I sent to ARL libraries seeking
information about their use and perception of the DCRB Core record.  While
few of the respondents indicated that they had used the DCRB Core record,
some were looking for appropriate collections with which to employ the
standard.

I remember that I read Appendix C during the close readings of one of the
versions of DCRM(B) and I finally located in an old email folder what I sent
you in April 2005: "I have taken a look at the draft of Appendix C and find
that the guidelines for the elements of the DCRM(B) Core standard reflect
accurately the BIBCO core-level standards for books and rare books and the
National Level Record standard.  I see that the editorial committee has
carefully made the distinction between records submitted as BIBCO records
and those that are not.  It is good to have the reminder that a BIBCO record
must have headings supported by national-level authority records placed in
several appropriate locations in the DCRM(B) Core guidelines, i.e. in the
1XX and 7XX fields."

I think no one has responded to your question of whether they are using
DCRM(B) Core or DCRB Core.  I have not used the Core standard in my
cataloging.

Windy

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Head of Monographic Cataloging

Cataloging and Metadata Services Department 

University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries

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fax: 303-492-0494

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
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Thanks, Jain; I'd plum clean forgotten about DCRM(B) appendix C. It would be
instructive to compare appendixes for core records in DCRB and DCRM(B); I
suspect the only difference will be the change in acronym.

I did read Windy's article, but I don't have it at hand (I'm at home); I
thought the evidence was that very few agencies were using DCRB Core. 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Fletcher, Jain
Sent: Thursday, 15 October, 2009 15:37
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: BRS and rare books/material

Hi, Deborah,

   Well, of course, the Rare Book Core is given as Appendix C in DCRM(B).
Now I hadn't noticed this earlier (or I would have said something), but it
looks to me as if someone took the requirements of DCRB Core and spelled
them out, field-by-field, in that Appendix. However, in doing so, they
changed all the "DCRB" designations to "DCRM(B)". At least, I hope they used
the exact requirements as approved by PCC and RBMS/BSC and didn't change
them. Because, only DCRB was approved to be used as the basis for the "Rare
Book Core" record. Still, Bob and I (who were on the original Joint Task
Group) believe there is complete compatibility between the 2 eds., with
respect to the "core" requirements. When DCRM(B) was going through its
revision, we felt it would probably only be a matter of getting DCRM(B)
approved as the basis of the "Rare Book Core" and that we (BSC) should move
on it.   Unfortunately, this BRS initiative has probably taken this next
step out of our hands. Word is that "they" (won't name names) want no more
"core" records, so everyone's either going to have to come up with a BRS or
opt out entirely. 

   People are indeed using the DCRB Core; our own Windy Lundy did an
excellent article on it in LRTS, v.47, no.1 (p. 16-27).

--Jain

Jain Fletcher
Principal Cataloger & Head, Technical Services Division
Department of Special Collections
Young Research Library - UCLA Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
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Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:13 PM
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What is the relationship of DCRB Core to DCRM(B)? Are DCRB Core

principles followed regarding what's mandatory, &c., while DCRM(B) is

followed for the formulation of those areas and elements? 

Who out there besides Bob is creating DCRB core records? 

__________________________________________

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.

RBMS chair 2009-2010 | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library

201 East Capitol St., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 | 202.675-0369

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