[DCRM-L] Consulting the RBMS Pubs Committee

[Noble, Richard]

My experience as chair of the Exhibition Awards Committee was also a far
better one than it might have been thanks to the Publications Committee,
which at that time revised its brief with respect to other committees as
that of facilitating publication of content that they generate. The idea
was to concentrate expertise where it belonged: *what* to get out there,
and what desirable things one might be able to do with it, from such
committees as EAC and BSC; *how* to do it beiong the provionce of
Publications. It worked a charm.

RICHARD NOBLE : RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  :  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  :  401-863-1187
RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Laurence S. Creider <lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu
> wrote:

> Deborah,
> Sounds wonderful.  Thank you for the clarification.
>
> 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 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > -----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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> >
> >
> >
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