[DCRM-L] edition, state

[Laurence Creider]

Ah yes, X.1.4.  Thank you, Deborah.

Larry

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:

> In bibliographical terms, the 8vo and 12mo impositions are different 'issues', which according to DCRM(B), get different records. Since it's a pre-1801 imprint, it will not be subjected to OCLC de-duping. And if our request to OCLC goes through, since it will have an 040 ‡e dcrmb, it will doubly not be subjected to automatic de-duping.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Lenore Rouse
> Sent: Monday, 07 February, 2011 12:14
> To: DCRM Revision Group List
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] edition, state
>
>  Hi Larry,
>
> Interesting question. I would opine that the answer to #1 should be yes
> even if it IS the same setting of type, or at least I would certainly
> want different records to record different formats. The printer may not
> be changing individual type pages but he is bound to have to change the
> imposition of those pages. As to #2 I'm not sure how relentless the
> de-dupe juggernaut is, but one would hope that there will be sufficient
> difference between the size, pagination, etc. of the books to preserve
> your new record. Including the format and collation should help.
>
> However it occurs to me this may all be moot as I dimly remember reading
> that auto de-duping or merging of records is not being used for pre-1800
> material? Look forward to more discussion on this.
> Lenore
>
>
> On 2/7/2011 11:26 AM, Laurence Creider wrote:
>> I am cataloging The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.
>> London : Printed for J. Mundell & Co., Edinburgh, and for J. Mundell,
>> College, Glasgow, 1796.  I have 5 of the six volumes.  The copies I
>> have found in WorldCat give the format as 8vo with a note: The same
>> setting of type was also printed using a 12 imposition.  Our copy is
>> in 12mo, with horizontal signatures.
>>
>> Two different but not un-related issues.
>>
>> 1) Does using the same setting of type with a different imposition
>> count as a separate edition?
>>
>> 2) Should I input a separate record into OCLC for the 12mo version? If
>> so, how would I qualify it to avoid the dreaded OCLC de-duplication
>> algorithm?
>>
>
>

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