[DCRM-L] RDA & DCRM

[Lapka, Francis]

Silvana,



Thanks for your note. It brings to my attention that the latest developments with DCRM and RDA have yet to be posted to the BSC website. I hope to fix this oversight soon.



At Midwinter (2013), BSC charged a new RDA-DCRM(B) editorial team to:



1.       Undertake a complete revision of DCRM(B) based on RDA, to include changes in terminology, structure, and examples.

2.       Issue/promulgate the revision as appropriate (including via the RDA Toolkit).

3.       Engage in dialogue with the rare materials community throughout the revision process through postings on a dedicated wiki, and discussion on DCRM-L, and at Midwinter and Annual meetings.

4.       Insure consistency of DCRM(B) for RDA with RDA and with rare materials provisions in the BSR for RDA by recommending updates to the BSR and changes to RDA rules as necessary and appropriate.

5.       Complete a first draft of revised DCRM(B) by Annual 2014.



The team’s initial plan is to conduct a rule by rule comparison between DCRM(B) and RDA between now and Annual 2013. The group plans to provide frequent updates on its progress, and encourage participation on the wiki site they will be setting up.



You’ll find all of this (and more) in the BSC Midwinter minutes:

http://www.rbms.info/committees/minutes/2013/bibstandminutes13m.pdf





Until the revision of DCRM(B) is complete, catalogers have three options:

1.       Continue to catalog according to DCRM(B) and AACR2 for descriptive cataloging, using RDA guidelines for access points;

2.       Create pcc records following the instructions for rare materials in the RDA BIBCO standard record (http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/scs/documents/PCC-RDA-BSR.pdf). Items thus cataloged may be coded rda and dcrmb;

3.       Create RDA records (not pcc), following RDA alternatives for early printed material (without input from DCRM(B)).



A cataloger may take any of these alternatives, but should not mix and match.



Hope this helps. I will send another message to this list (with links to the BSC website) as soon as more information is posted.



Best,

Francis Lapka







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Hello all,

I am trying to find out more about when and how DCRM is going to change to become more aligned with RDA. My institution is going to implement RDA as the general cataloging standard but I am the only rare materials cataloger and I am the only one that regularly uses DCRM manuals, so I generally have to rely on outside sources for this information.

I have been trying to follow updates via RBMS and DCRM-L, but I still don't really know what is going on. What rules do we follow come April 2013?

I would really appreciate any news you have to share on this or any information regarding what people or websites can elucidate me on this.



Thanks,

Silvana Notarmaso
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