[DCRM-L] Clarification of leaves and pages (6JSC/LC/21 Clarification of leaves and pages

[Robert Maxwell]

It's not a clarification. It's a substantive change to the instruction.

Robert L. Maxwell
Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian
Genre/Form Authorities Librarian
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568

"We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of John Lancaster
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:14 AM
To: DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Clarification of leaves and pages (6JSC/LC/21 Clarification of leaves and pages

The revision seems to say that if leaves are printed on both sides, the extent should be given in pages, regardless of how they are numbered.  Which makes no sense.  And why, if we need to be told what pagination and foliation consist of, aren't we also told how to record column numbers?

Also, do they really mean "e.g." (= for example) rather than "i.e." (= that is)?  What other choices are there besides being printed on both sides or on one side?

This revision seems less a clarification than obfuscation.

John Lancaster


On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:04 AM, "Lapka, Francis" <francis.lapka at yale.edu<mailto:francis.lapka at yale.edu>> wrote:


Subscribers to this list may be interested in a proposal from the Library of Congress to "clarify" the definitions of the terms "leaves" and "pages" in RDA. The proposed revisions are as follows:



3.4.5.2  Single Volume With Numbered Pages, Leaves, or Columns
For a resource consisting of a single volume, record the extent in terms of pages, leaves, or columns as appropriate to the presentation used in the resource, applying the following general guidelines:
a)      If the volume is paginated (i.e., if there are page numbers on both sides of the leaves e.g., if leaves are printed on both sides), record the number of pages.
b)      If the volume is foliated (i.e., if there are leaf numbers on only one side of the leaves e.g., if leaves are printed on one side), record the number of leaves.

[Rest of instruction unchanged]

Glossary

Leaf: A subunit of a volume; a single bound or fastened sheet of paper forms a leaf; each leaf consists of two pages, one on each side, either or both of which may be blank.
Page: A single side of a leaf


The full text of the LC proposal is available here:
http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/6JSC-LC-21.pdf


Subscribers to the PCC-list may have already read a healthy discussion on this issue at the beginning of the month. Bob Maxwell offered good arguments for why the proposed modification may be detrimental. Liz O'Keefe noted that the proposed definition for leaf would exclude manuscripts that are neither bound nor fastened together. For those not subscribed to the PCC list, a summary of comments is available on the CC:DA wiki:
http://wikis.ala.org/ccda/index.php/6JSC/LC/21

CC:DA will soon discuss this proposal in order to formulate an official ALA/CC:DA position ahead of the upcoming meeting of JSC. I will of course be happy to convey the thoughts of the DCRM community to CC:DA.


Thanks,
Francis

(RBMS Liaison to CC:DA)


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