[DCRM-L] To bracket or not in cataloging manuscripts

[Deborah J. Leslie]

There has been a little discussion on the DCRM Steering Group (DSG) wiki about the DCRM(MSS) statement on using bracketing devised titles in manuscripts, but we were expecting a lot more, given that this is an important topic with far-reaching consequences for all the constituent manuals. It looks like our plan to carry out the discussion on the wiki has inhibited the kind of discussion and debate the issue deserves. The three commenters will re-post here on DCRM-L to kick off the discussion in what is, now that I think about it, quite more appropriate venue for community-wide discussions.

Thanks,
Deborah

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | 202.675-0369 | www.folger.edu

From: Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Wednesday, 14 August, 2013 14:55
To: Deborah J. Leslie; Elizabeth O'Keefe <eokeefe at morganlibrary.org>; Erin Blake; Francis Lapka <francis.lapka at yale.edu>; John Attig <jxa16 at psu.edu>; Manon Theroux <manon.theroux at gmail.com>; Nancy Lorimer <nlorimer at stanford.edu>; Randal Brandt <rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: To bracket or not in cataloging manuscripts

Dear DCRM-L Community,

Some months ago, Manon Théroux put together a chart on how the different DCRM manuals treat manuscript material, which revealed a number of important differences between the manuals, especially in comparison to DCRM(MSS). The most prominent is whether to use square brackets when supplying text in a transcription field (areas 1, 2, 4, and 6). Traditionally, catalogs of manuscripts and archival collections do not bracket supplied information. Since a basic principle of DCRM construction is not to deviate from AACR2 unless there's a rare material reason to depart, or from the already-published DCRM manuals unless there's a format-specific reason to depart, the DCRM Steering Group asked the DCRM(MSS) editorial group to justify the format-specific reason for departing from bracketing in transcription fields.

For the origins of this discussion, see http://dcrmsteeringgroup.pbworks.com/w/page/66689534/Discussion%20topic%3A%20Manuscripts%20across%20DCRM
For the DCRM(MSS) response, see http://dcrmsteeringgroup.pbworks.com/w/page/68229123/Discussion%20topic%3A%20Manuscript%20Bracketing

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The Steering Group and the DCRM(MSS) editorial group would like as much discussion from the larger community as possible before proceeding. Your comments are encouraged.

Deborah J. Leslie
Convenor, DCRM Steering Group



Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003 | djleslie at folger.edu<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | 202.675-0369 | http://www.folger.edu<http://www.folger.edu/>

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