[DCRM-L] Consulting the RBMS Pubs Committee

[Laurence S. Creider]

Deborah,
Sounds wonderful.  Thank you for the clarification.

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
Work: 575-646-4756
Fax: 575-646-7477
lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu

On Wed, February 27, 2013 9:18 pm, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
> Larry,
>
> I too had an unpleasant tour of duty on the RBMS Publications Committee in
> the old days. Those were the old days. You wouldn't recognize the
> committee now.
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> Publications Committee has no authority over BSC publications; that
> remains, as it ever has, with Exec. On the other hand, given the
> increasing desire and opportunity for electronic publication, the
> expertise and enthusiasm available from Publications has become utterly
> indispensable to the BSC.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Laurence S. Creider
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 February, 2013 23:08
> To: DCRM Revision Group List
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Consulting the RBMS Pubs Committee
>
> Jackie,
> I apologize for my confusion on section hierarchy.  As a cataloger, I am
> always amazed at my carelessness about corporate body names and
> organization outside of bibliographic and authority records.  On the other
> hand, if the Publications Committee has to approve any publication of the
> DCRB manuals, then the two committees are not functioning on the same
> level on a particular issue.  The Publications Committee obviously can
> contribute expertise to publishing in web or print form, and that would be
> welcome.
>
> I suppose I should have kept my mouth closed, but I spent two terms on the
> RBMS Publications Committee.  I did not find the experience pleasant.  I
> witnessed unanticipated changes of the chair.  I did not see that there
> was a steady direction to the committee's efforts, although part of the
> difficulty came from the evolving position of websites in general combined
> with ALA/ACRL's demands for control over websites and the use of a CMS
> that was less than responsive.  The most uncomfortable time for me was the
> revision of Your Old Books.  Other members of the committee at that time
> probably have different perspectives.  Of course, I would not make any of
> these statements about the current Publications Committee, but my
> experience makes me a bit cautious.  The reason that the Directory of Web
> Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloger remains at NMSU is a testimony
> to my enduring nervousness about "remote control."
>
>
> Larry
> --
> Laurence S. Creider
> Interim Head
> Archives and Special Collections Dept.
> University Library
> New Mexico State University
> Las Cruces, NM  88003
> Work: 575-646-4756
> Fax: 575-646-7477
> lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu
>
> On Wed, February 27, 2013 7:22 pm, Jackie Dooley wrote:
>> Larry said: ³P.S. I just saw Richard's note, which makes many good
> points.
>> I would
>> prefer doing something on the BSC level rather than the RBMS
>> publication
> committee because there seems to be some sort of organizational law that
> the higher up in the structure you go, the less understanding there is of
>> what life on the ground is like.  The rare materials cataloging
> community
>> has done a remarkably good job of keeping its focus on improving and
> making standards public.  With the constantly changing membership of the
> section Publications Committee, we are likely to get a Pharoah who did not
>> know Joseph and end up making bricks without straw.²
>>
>> With all respect, Larry, BSC and the Pubs Committee are on the same
> level
>> in
>> the RBMS hierarchy, but the latter is responsible for publications,
> including web publications. Why would they do anything unreasonable? But
> forgive me for commenting if you were only hyperbolizing.* :)
>>
>> --Jackie
>>
>> * Apologies if my made-up word is inappropriate!
>>
>> --
>> Jackie Dooley
>> Program Officer, OCLC Research
>> & President,
>> Society of American Archivists
>>
>> dooleyj at oclc.org
>> 949.492.5060 (work/home) -- Pacific Time (GMT ­8)
>> 949.295.1529 (mobile)
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