[DCRM-L] rbpri format terms, was: Recording mixed formats per DCRM(B) 5D1.3

[Ted P Gemberling]

Honor,
I only put the rbpri terms on our local copy of a record. I do that just because other libraries may not want them. Also, I notice some libraries add things like subfields z and y to the 655, which we don’t use here. I suppose I could easily remove them from our copy.

I suppose putting them on would save some libraries time and cost other libraries a very small amount of time—about a second. On balance, maybe it is better to put them on.

Another anxiety I have about putting them on master records is that our copy of the rbpri list may not be the most updated (it dates from 1986). I imagine there might be a more updated version online.

Ted Gemberling
UAB Lister Hill Library

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Moody, Honor M.
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:06 AM
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Subject: [DCRM-L] rbpri format terms, was: Recording mixed formats per DCRM(B) 5D1.3

Hi Deborah,

Thanks for your input—I received similar advice off list.

In terms of more precisely encoded data, I just noticed that the RBMS printing and published terms includes all of the basic formats, so while I had recorded (12mo.) only in the 300 $c, with a 500 note about gathering D in octavo, I added the controlled vocabulary terms. I considered using the $3 to specify which gatherings were which and decided that was overkill, though I am willing to be persuaded otherwise (the record is OCLC #929987968).

The format terms don’t seem to be in frequent use, however,  with roughly 500 records in OCLC using octavo format, and fewer than 100 using duodecimo. Given that format headings could be easily and quickly added (particularly with macros), is there any reason why I shouldn’t be routinely adding them where format is identifiable? If not routinely added, under what conditions should they be added?

Best,
Honor

Honor Moody
Cataloger
Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel.: (617) 495-4223
Email: hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu<mailto:hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu>

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Recording mixed formats per DCRM(B) 5D1.3

Hi Honor,

It doesn't look like anyone has posted publicly.

This situation happens rarely enough that there isn't need for adjudication. Do what makes most sense. In a situation like this, in the past I'd probably have recorded it as 12mo in the 300‡c and made a note that D was 8vo, but given the advantages of search and index deriving from more precisely encoded data, I would re-think that decision if it comes up again.

Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www. folger.edu

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Moody, Honor M.
Sent: Monday, 09 November 2015 17:11
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Recording mixed formats per DCRM(B) 5D1.3

Hello all,

The second example in DCRM(B) 5D1.3 gives the format as (4to and 8vo), for “a publication consisting of a mixture of quarto and octavo sheets.”

I am wondering if the order of formats is always given from smallest to largest, or if the predominant format should come first.

The book in question is G.J.G.E., ou, Chevalier Kados. A Paris : Chez le Frere vérité, au grand-globe Franç̧ois,  MDCCLXXXI [1781], and is signed A¹⁰ B-C¹² D⁸; A-C are 12mo and D is 8vo.

Best,
Honor

Honor Moody
Cataloger
Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel.: (617) 495-4223
Email: hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu<mailto:hmoody at radcliffe.harvard.edu>

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