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

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Deborah J. Leslie<http://dcrmsteeringgroup.pbworks.com/user/7ecb760b9b18d7215377e63b8af36f0f75a5d117> said

at 11:34 am on Sep 7, 2013


Thanks to the DCRM(MSS) editors for their statement.

According to DCRM(MSS) III.2.3, "There is no such thing as a typical manuscript." Yet, it seems that the editors are leaving out of their consideration an entire category that _are_ self-describing, such the screenplay that Erin pointed out. Transcription is significant for unpublished resources with formal titles.

I wonder, too, about creating descriptive rules that equally encompass bibliographic records and finding aids. Wouldn't it be adequate to either create an appendix or provide alternative rules for finding aids, to allow the main rules to focus on bibliographic description? That approach should allow for more consistency, or at least more clarity, with MSS and between MSS and the other DCRM's.

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