[DCRM-L] FW: RDA label "Early Printed Resources" -- revision proposal

[Erin Blake]

Would "For printed special collection resources" get around the awkwardness? Or is it important to keep "printed resources" as a searchable phrase?

Also, thanks for the excellent summary, Francis (and I'm grateful for the reminder that it's important to note the heading for the section!).

   Erin.

----------------
Erin C. Blake, Ph.D.  |  Curator of Art & Special Collections  |  Folger Shakespeare Library  |  201 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, 20009  |  eblake at folger.edu  |  office tel. 202-675-0323  |  fax 202-675-0328  |  www.folger.edu
________________________________
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] on behalf of Lapka, Francis [francis.lapka at yale.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:40 PM
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: RDA label "Early Printed Resources" -- revision proposal

Thank you Elizabeth, Erin, Karen, Richard, and John, for your excellent suggestions.

As Elizabeth notes, most of these guidelines do not apply well to manuscript material. Her suggestion, “For special collections printed resources,” seemed awkward at first utterance, but less so upon repetition. I am warming to it.

I agree with Erin that some of the guidelines for “Early printed resources” are not appropriate for graphic material (and other non-text formats). However it may be worth noting that seven of the “Early printed resources” guidelines—those that fall under Extent of Text (with rule numbers beginning 3.4.5)—are already self-limiting. A cataloger of graphic material, cartographic material, notated music, or 3-d forms would not apply the Extent of Text element, opting instead for the specialized extent elements that correspond to those formats. Outside of extent, the remaining “Early printed resources” guidelines may be more applicable to varying formats, but I’d want more input before proceeding.

On the relevancy of “early” to these guidelines, the rule that Erin names (2.8.4.1 Publisher’s Name) seems to apply to early material only; but the rest might apply to resources from any period. I suggest we retain the modifier “early” in this instance, but purge it elsewhere.

Thanks John for noting the history of this label. I may try to hunt down records of those earlier discussions. Richard provides an elegant argument for the necessity of proper tools for cataloging not-so-early (but still special) printed resources.

As Erin suggests, I have little interest in modifying (or adding to) the substance of these RDA guidelines. Our DCRM revisions will fill that void, in time. But I do think RDA would benefit from a delicate change in scope and terminology for these elements.

Francis


From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Erin Blake
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:08 PM
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: RDA label "Early Printed Resources" -- revision proposal

I agree fully with Richard about “early” being irrelevant, but again, please don’t forget that RDA’s special instructions for “early printed resources” do NOT apply to “special collections resources.” They apply to SOME special collections resources. Many do not apply to still images.

I strongly recommend against anything that would require adding instructions for still images in special collections to RDA. Either you catalog the picture using RDA, or you catalog the picture using DCRM(G). You don’t use modified RDA.  This follows previous practice: either you use Chapter 8 of AACR2, or you use Graphic Materials.

    Erin.

--------------------------------------------------
Erin C. Blake, Ph.D.  |  Curator of Art & Special Collections  |  Folger Shakespeare Library  |  201 E. Capitol St. SE  |  Washington, DC 20003-1004  |  office tel. (202) 675-0323  |  fax:  (202) 675-0328  |  eblake at folger.edu<mailto:eblake at folger.edu>  |  www.folger.edu<http://www.folger.edu/> |  collation.folger.edu<http://collation.folger.edu/>