[DCRM-L] 510 citations

[Kathie Coblentz]

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Deborah J. Leslie" <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
> To: "DCRM Users' Group" <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:18:33 +0000
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] 510 citations
>
> <heartfelt plea>Please, please don't dilute the meaning of the 510 to
> include sources that do not provide bibliographical descriptions of the
> items being cataloged! If we want to be able to provide structured
> descriptions to sources that justify or provide other types of information,
> let's find another way, say, by proposing a new indicator that would
> generate a different label. Or by waiting until we have more flexibility
> with robust linked data with bibframe. </heartfelt plea>
>
> Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu |
> 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www.
> folger.edu
>

I second this heartfelt plea. If only because the format prescribed by
Standard Citation Forms does not include the date of publication for the
cited resource, and that is information that is often not irrelevant in
notes that "justify or provide other types of information."

I don't think "proposing a new indicator that would generate a different
label" for 510 is a way out, either. As others have pointed out, labels are
often system-specific and disregard indicators entirely.

On the other hand, I would appreciate a standardized format, with preferred
punctuation conventions, for citations of non-bibliographical sources in
general notes.
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Kathie Coblentz, Rare Materials Cataloger
Special Collections/Special Formats Processing
The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
5th Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 313
New York, NY  10018
kathiecoblentz at nypl.org

My opinions, not NYPL's
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