[DCRM-L] DPC: minor wording change to 7A1.1 for clarity

[Ryan Hildebrand]

This small change makes a big difference, and if a change is to be made, I
think this is the way to go. -Ryan

 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] DPC: minor wording change to 7A1.1 for clarity

 

Yes, I think we're getting to the nub. The only change I might suggest is to
replace "not covered by" with "not included in." Viz., 7A1.1. Notes qualify
and amplify the formal description, and are especially important for
recording types of information not included in areas 1 through 6.

 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
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Sent: Friday, 27 May, 2011 10:39
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] DPC: minor wording change to 7A1.1 for clarity

 

Ahaaaaa... now I think I'm getting it (after talking with Deborah off-line
about this). Notes are especially important for recording information for
which no provision is made elsewhere. It's not that the rules exclude the
information from the other areas, it's that some types of information have
no corresponding ISBD area. There is provision for recording a lengthy title
in Area 1, so although you could also abridge it in area 1 and put the whole
thing in a note, notes aren't especially important for recording title
information. There is no "attributions" area, or "bibliographic history"
area, though, for example, so the note area is especially important for that
type of information. 

New proposed revision:

7A1.1. Notes qualify and amplify the formal description, and are especially
important for recording types of information not covered by areas 1 through
6.

Thanks,

     EB.

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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: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:23 PM
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The original text is really quite clumsy, but the problem with the proposed
revisions is that it sounds like rules are doing the excluding. They are
not; catalogers are doing the excluding on the basis of the rules. Is
something like this better?   

7A1.1. Notes qualify and amplify the formal description, and . They are
especially appropriate for recording information not provided for in that
rules exclude from other areas of the description.

 

That is (in case the bold and strikeout gets stripped)

 

7A1.1. Notes qualify and amplify the formal description, and are especially
appropriate for recording information not provided for in other areas of the
description.

 

 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Karen Meyer-Roux
Sent: Monday, 23 May, 2011 12:25
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I find Manon's sentences to be the clearest.  Shouldn't the "may" be omitted
though, to keep in line with the more direct meaning of the original
sentence Erin was working on, so as to have the following:  

 

7A1.1. Notes qualify and amplify the formal description. They are
especially appropriate for recording information that rules exclude from
other areas of the description.

Karen

>>> Manon Theroux <manon.theroux at gmail.com> 5/21/2011 9:55 AM >>>
The DCRM(B) sentence is a carryover from DCRB. I never found it
confusing. But, I guess some do? Responding to Lenore's suggested
wording:

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