[DCRM-L] Cataloging 18th-century colonial document - "f" in place of "s"

[acope at uwm.edu]

I can't help but chime and and ask Shannon if her library has an 
intangible media cataloger.

Seriously, I love the position title. I sooo want to change my title now.

Angie

Shannon Kupfer wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the help!  And Allison, no worries.  I had a
> feeling you meant to type an "s" in "Christ."
>
> Steven, yes, I noticed the lack of crossbar in the long "s."  In fact,
> when I looked closely, I saw that it resembles our upper-case script
> "s."  It's funny, because in no time my brain started translating it and
> I hardly gave it a second thought.  I'll become a manuscript cataloger
> yet!
>
> Thanks again, Allison, Margaret, and Steven, for all the help.  Have a
> wonderful holiday weekend, all!
>
> Shannon Kupfer, Digital/Tangible Media Cataloger
>
> State Library of Ohio
>
> Phone: 614.995.4115
>
> Fax: 614.644.7004
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Allison Rich
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:20 AM
> To: skuce at MIT.EDU
> Cc: 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Cataloging 18th-century colonial document - "f" in
> place of "s"
>
> Hi Stephen:
>
>   
>> Margaret's right, and I think Allison meant to type "... Christ" as
>>     
> well,
>   
>> just as she'd typed "thousand."
>>   
>>     
>
> Ooops, my bad!
> Yes, I did mean to make it an "s" in Chrift.
>
>   
>> It isn't always easy to see, but the "s" and "f" are slightly
>>     
> different: the
>   
>> crossbar in the "f" goes all the way through. In the long "s" there's
>>     
> either
>   
>> no bar at all, or there's a spur on one side only.
>>   
>>     
>
> It isn't always the easiest thing to spot but, with practice, you won't 
> even have to
> think about them much any more.
>
> Good luck, and thanks for catching my mistake, Stephen.
>
> ~Allison
>
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> "Outside of a dog, 
> a book is probably man's best friend,
> and inside of a dog, 
> it's too dark to read. 
> - Groucho Marx"
>
> Allison Rich
> Catalogue Librarian
> John Carter Brown Library
> Providence, Rhode Island
> Allison_Rich at brown.edu
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