[DCRM-L] Usage poll

[Noble, Richard]

If the context is our own book-centered technical literature, then
"bibliographic record" is acceptable--we know it belongs in a catalog. In
any other context, especially any writing for non-catalogers, we should use
"catalog record", a perfectly idiomatic noun phrase that clearly expresses
the nature of the thing. "Cataloging record" would be, as others have
pointed out, a record concerning the activity of cataloging (a gerund,
fwiw).

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


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Ramona Sampsell <sampsell at cua.edu> wrote:

>  Is the record in the catalog or about the cataloging?
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>  On 9/16/2013 8:51 PM, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
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>  ‘Cataloging record’ or ‘Catalog record’?****
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> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Folger Shakespeare Library |
> djleslie at folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | www.folger.edu****
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