[DCRM-L] type specimen?

[Noble, Richard]

Be careful! Lock it up tight, or we'll fall into pi.

RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-3384 : RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU


On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Schneider, Nina <
nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Richard. This might be a job for Team Controlled Vocabularies!
>
> Nina
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> Nina Schneider
> Head Cataloger
> William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
> University of California, Los Angeles
> 2520 Cimarron Street
> Los Angeles, CA  90018
>
> (323) 731-8529
> nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/
> ________________________________________
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf
> Of Noble, Richard [richard_noble at brown.edu]
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:07 PM
> To: DCRM Revision Group List
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] type specimen?
>
> I'd create an analytic for the type page itself, as realia. "Type
> specimens" are understood to be printed specimen sheets, so much so that
> the tracing alone would not bring this to the attention of anyone actually
> searching for a page-worth of set type. A title and notes sprinkled with
> keyword bait, yea verily, a bucket of keyword chum--that's your best bet.
> You can still include a "specimens" heading of some sort--it is that, but
> of a very special kind.
>
> RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY
> PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-3384 : RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU
> <mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Schneider, Nina <
> nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu<mailto:nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu>> wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> The Clark Library purchased a book that includes a page of the set-up
> type. I'd like to trace this block of type since we have another book that
> also contains type (it might be helpful for scholars looking at modern
> composition). In fact, we have a number of type collections that should
> probably be traced.
>
> How would I trace it? "Type specimens" in rbgenr?
>
> Any alternative suggestions are most welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nina
>
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> Nina M. Schneider
> Head Cataloger
> William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
> 2520 Cimarron Street
> Los Angeles, CA  90018
> (323) 731-8529<tel:%28323%29%20731-8529>
>
> nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu<mailto:nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu>
> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/
>
>
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