[DCRM-L] SCF - citing online resources

[Ann K.D. Myers]

When we (the SCF editors) recommended the use of the word "entry" in $c, we were simply trying to be very unambiguous in citing the location by making clear distinctions between entry numbers and page, etc. numbers. However, in light of the passionate protests from the rare materials community (and the confession of some of our own number that they had been omitting "entry" from their citations as well!) we have decided to adjust the recommendation in our Working Principles to allow for cataloger's judgment. It now reads:


Include the term "entry" (or other term appropriate to the resource) before the entry number if needed or desired for clarity.


I would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that you can always use the "Contact Us" link to bring issues to our attention.


Thank you all for your patience as we iron out the wrinkles in this new resource, and rest assured that no rare book cataloging cards have been revoked.


--Ann Myers, on behalf of the Standard Citation Forms Subcommittee



Ann K.D. Myers

Rare Books Cataloger

Stanford University Libraries

Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

425 Broadway, Suite 200

Redwood City, CA 94063

650-723-0123

akdmyers at stanford.edu


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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] SCF - citing online resources

I do agree with Will Evans concerning a 642 analogue in SCF records, which I suggested independently in a related correspondence. Best if it were simply routine, to obviate agonizing about whether or not "the form of the enumeration [does/]does not correspond directly to the resource". Editorial judgment might be the basis for adding a "location within source complexity note".

Also agree re "entry".

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Will Evans <evans at bostonathenaeum.org<mailto:evans at bostonathenaeum.org>> wrote:
I'll add my voice to the chorus of dissenters and calls for the removal of "entry"  from the standard. I admit to never having added it before a citation number, and I don't see such instructions in my dog-eared copy SCF 2nd ed. Why the change?

While we are on the subject of enumeration, I wonder if any thought  has been given to adding to the established citations something analogous to the 642 field (series numbering example) that is sometimes found in series authority records. I think this would be helpful in situations where the preferred form of the numeration does not correspond directly to the resource. Wing comes to mind.

Another country heard from.

Best,
Will

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