[DCRM-L] Eliminating an RDA option in DCRM(G) draft: want to allow "i.e." and "[sic]"

[Linda, Oksana]

Dear Erin:

I would like  to add my support for retaining  the brackets in the physical description area.
The usage of "i.e." and "[sic]" is extremely important, I can't even imagine loosing it.

Thank you,
Oksana.



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Oksana Katerine Linda
University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Erin Blake
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 9:32 PM
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Eliminating an RDA option in DCRM(G) draft: want to allow "i.e." and "[sic]"

As you may know, the DCRM(G) draft incorporates some boxed "RDA alternatives" in cases where standard RDA convention differs from AACR2 (e.g. "RDA alternative: Use 'diameter' instead of the abbreviation 'diam.'") and there are no rare materials or graphic materials reasons to differ (as suggested by Barbara Tillett and others, and approved in principle by the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee, in order for DCRM(G) to be a transitional manual).

In the draft reviewed for the public hearing, we included the RDA alternative "Do not follow inaccuracies with '[sic]' or 'i.e.' and the correction in square brackets. Instead, make a note correcting the inaccuracy (RDA 1.7.9)." HOWEVER, further work has convinced us we DO need "[sic]" and "i.e." in transcriptions, for various reasons, including:

a) "Precise representation" (DCRM III.2.2.) is key for sophisticated special collections users  and "i.e." and "[sic]" provide quality-assurance that the representation is precise

b) Unintentionally incorrect information is not infrequent in graphic materials, which are not "self describing" the way books with title pages are, and such inaccuracies need immediate correction in order to make sense to users. For example, the image at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19657 was wrongly titled "Royal Palace, Warsaw" by the news agency that created it; it actually depicts the Kremlin, so its title according to DCRM(G) should be "Royal Palace, Warsaw [i.e. Kremlin Palace, Moscow]"

c) Title and imprint information commonly get pulled out for image databases and picture captioning, so we need a complete package in those areas; moving corrections to the notes splits information that needs to stay assembled for user convenience

Thoughts? Comments?

Many thanks,

   Erin (Chair, DCRM(G) Editorial Team)

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