[DCRM-L] DPC on manufacture elements - final(?) rule edits, with commentary

[Noble, Richard]

Is it implicit, or somewhere explicit, that in the case of e.g. 260 $a
"s.l." (or the more characterful "Place of publication not identified") /
260 $e New York, N.Y., one would code the MARC fixed field "nyu", rather
than  "xx#"? Or should we perhaps retain, in practice, such a presumptive
identification of place of publication as "United States" and code "xxu",
following DCRM(B) 4b12.2? (It seems reasonable to supply an upper-level
place name where the printing statement can be trusted as a source for
nationality, in the pre-outsourcing period for jurisdictions where
censorship was not a major factor.)

I gather that that rule is being renegotiated or refined to some extent in
the course of this revision, to allow for 260 $a "s.l." if (and only if?) a
place of manufacture provides the necessary geographic anchor.

RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Fletcher, Jain
<jfletchr at library.ucla.edu>wrote:

>  Hello, everyone,
>
>    I am attaching a final version of the publisher/manufacturer rule
> changes, based on the commentary I received. Again, the reason I am sending
> an attachment is because it is the only way I can be sure that people will
> see the formatting and the red font I've used to show new text.
>
>    The DPC protocols ask that the original then the proposed text be
> included. In this case, the proposed is completely new text where none
> existed before, which is why I have used the red font, to set off the new
> text.
>
>    I encourage people to let me know if they are strongly opposed to any
> of the edits in this draft rule and let me know how it might still be
> improved. I would like to put this out to vote by at least the middle of
> the week (9/24-28), especially if there is general agreement. Of course, it
> might be a bit later depending on the comments. So, let me end here by also
> letting you know how grateful I have been for your attention to this
> matter.                                           --Jain ** ****
>
>
>
> Jain Fletcher
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> Collection Management Division
> Library Special Collections
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