[DCRM-L] Future publication of DCRMs

[Laurence S. Creider]

I would think that it might be more useful for BSC to do the publishing
rather than LC and, as Margaret(?) suggested, ask LC to link to the
material from Cataloger's Desktop.  Asking LC for permission to distribute
for free something we publish just does not make sense.  If CDS is not
willing to make the links, I'm sure we will cope somehow.

Larry
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Laurence S. Creider
Interim Head
Archives and Special Collections Dept.
University Library
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
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On Wed, February 27, 2013 3:13 pm, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
> Re-sending--I left something out ...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> It seems that we can either have a print manual published by LC or an
> online free manual published by us, but not both.
>
> Typically, more than half the catalogers in my Rare Book School course do
> not have access to Cataloger's Desktop. It isn't just a few poor libraries
> who don't provide it to their catalogers. If we want to make our manuals
> reasonably available, we cannot rely on the Cataloger's Desktop to provide
> the only access.
>
> If LC isn't publishing a manual, it is doubtful that they will do anything
> other than link to it from within CD--it takes a lot of staff time and
> energy to create the links. But if they are willing to publish our manuals
> on CD, and allow us to provide free electronic copies because they're not
> publishing a competing print manual, then that would be all right.
>
> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare
> Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003
> djleslie at folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | http://www.folger.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Margaret F Nichols [mailto:mnr1 at cornell.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:22
> To: Laurence S. Creider; DCRM Revision Group List
> Cc: DCRM Revision Group List; 'bsc at rbms.info'
> Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] Future publication of DCRMs
>
> I find the wording of Peter Seligman's statement mildly promising: "CDS
> made an investment in printing the Books and Serials
> publications; and the same will hold true for Graphics. Because the two
> earlier ones are still active products, for sale, and the Graphics
> publication will also be for sale, we cannot, at this time, agree to have
> the RBMS web site post those three manuals online."
>
> This suggests to me that once DCRM(B), (S), and (G) stop being actively
> sold, we might be able to post them online. In the meantime, I agree that
> it would be preferable to make future DCRM modules available for free if
> at all possible. I share Larry's dim view of ALA for charging a
> subscription fee for the RDA Toolkit. Not only does it impose an unfair
> financial burden on small libraries, year after year, but it also creates
> a financial incentive for them *not* to keep up with ongoing changes to
> RDA. With budgets getting ever tighter, I'll bet many libraries will
> eventually drop their RDA Toolkit subscription as a luxury they can no
> longer afford. And if they drop Cataloger's Toolkit too, those DCRM
> modules that are freely available on the RBMS website may be one of the
> few cataloging manuals that they can still access. Sigh ...
>
> Best,
>
> Margaret
>