[DCRM-L] Signatures on periodical records?

[Ted P Gemberling]

Randal,
Thanks. I don't think I will add the signatures to the OCLC master record. And yes, I would not presume to put dcrms in the 040 of a record without access to the full set of rules.

Best, Ted Gemberling

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Randal Brandt
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Signatures on periodical records?

Ted,

Yes, there is indeed a DCRM manual for serials. DCRM(S) was published by the Bibliographic Standards Committee and the Library of Congress in 2008 and is available through Cataloger's Desktop, if you've got access to that.

Signatures are covered in rule 7B11 of DCRM(S):
Make a note giving details of the signatures of a serial, if considered important. Give these signature details generally according to DCRM(B) 7B9. Preface this note with the word "Signatures" and a colon.

[Examples omitted]

Omit signature statements if there are too many volumes, or if the collation is too complex.

When we were addressing signatures in serials, we considered the cataloging of multi-volume monographs as comparable to serials. If you've got a book issued in several volumes, how do you deal with signatures? It's the same for serials. If you only have 3 out of 41 volumes, it might not be worth the trouble of including the signatures. And, if you had all 41 volumes, the note would probably fall under the "too many volumes" clause of 7B11.

Please note, however, that there are many other rules in DCRM(S) that differ greatly from standard AACR2/CONSER serials cataloging rules (and are certainly not covered in DCRM(B)). If you don't have access to the rules, you won't be able to code the record as "dcrms".

All the best,
Randal Brandt
(member of the DCRM(S) editorial team)



On 3/23/2012 9:23 AM, Ted P Gemberling wrote:
We are using the DCRM(b) rules at my library for materials before 1801. I assume there might be a DCRM(s) manual for serials, but we do not currently have that, and I don't know if we will get it because we don't have a real extensive collection of serials from before 1801.

Our practice has been to put signatures on pre-1801 materials, though I don't believe that's mandated by DCRM(b) except for incunabula. At this point, I am recording the signatures for a periodical from the late 18th century. We do not have the entire collection, just volumes 3, 9, and 15, and index volumes for volumes 1-12 and 13-24. There are a total of 41 volumes. Would you recommend I put them on the OCLC master record for this journal?

I suppose it could be informative for others. There are currently no signatures on the record. However, it occurred to me that recording signatures for every volume of a journal could take up a tremendous amount of space on an OCLC record. Would we want to?

Thanks, Ted Gemberling
UAB Lister Hill Library
(205)934-2461




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