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

[Stephen A Skuce]

I agree that this is the way to go.
But is it a good idea actively to exclude area 8 from this wording?  I know; area 8 is description's poor relation, particularly in special materials cataloging, but it just seems odd to exclude a specific ISBD area from the rule. It makes it seem as if there were a positive reason for doing so.
Including area 8 might require more cumbersome wording, but it seems odd to exclude it entirely.
The easiest way to include it would be to revert to the "other areas" wording, and I don't know how terrible that would be. So I guess I prefer something closer to earlier iterations:
7A1.1. Notes qualify and amplify the formal description, and are especially important for recording types of information not included in other areas of the description.
OR
7A1.1. Notes qualify and amplify the formal description, and are especially important for recording types of information not accounted for in other areas of the description.
But I can be swayed.
Stephen

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Zinkham, Helena
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Looks very good!  (Thanks to all for assistance and patience in clarifying the wording.) -- Helena

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Ryan Hildebrand
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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
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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 Behalf Of Erin Blake
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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 Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
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
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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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