[DCRM-L] RDA revision proposals -- Early Printed Resources and Rare Printed Resources

[Kate Moriarty]

Will,

Your idea appealed to me but I came up with a few questions when I applied
it to non-artists' books, later-printed materials. I only occasionally
catalog machine-printed materials, so take this with a grain of salt.

2.2.2.2: Would you want to use those sources in that order of preference
for machine-printed materials that are not artists' books?
2.8.1.1, 2.9.1.1, and 2.10.1.1: I think I would not want to consider
booksellers and printers as publishers for later printed materials that are
not artists' books.
7.17.1.4: This one is tricky. Since it was so much harder to print in
multiple colors during the hand-press period, I can see "early printed
resource" being applied to the "Title and headings printed in red" example.
Then again, if you're describing a machine-printed, non-artist book as a
*rare* printed resource - to provide a more detailed description of the
resource as a physical object - you might want to bring out the fact that
it's printed in multiple colors, in which case "rare printed resource"
could apply to this example instead.

I like the definitions in the proposal. But I confess that I'm stumped as
to how to reconcile them with artists' books (and maybe other materials
that aren't coming to mind right now).

~Kate

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Will Evans <evans at bostonathenaeum.org>
wrote:

> Regarding Issue 3:
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> I’d would argue that  “early printed resources” could be struck from the
> language entirely and replaced by “rare printed resources.”  The following
> rules could also be applied to 21st century artists’ books, where these
> resources often lack title-pages and the artist acts the manufacturer,
> publisher, distributer, etc.
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> 2.2.2.2 If an early printed resource (or a reproduction of it) lacks a
> title page, title sheet, or title card (or an image of it), use as the
> preferred source of information the first of the following sources that has
> a title
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> 2.8.1.1 For early printed resources, distribution and manufacture
> statements relating to booksellers and printers may be treated as
> publication statements.
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> Best,
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> Will
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Lapka, Francis
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 14, 2016 8:03 PM
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] RDA revision proposals -- drafts for review
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> This spring, the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) formed a Rare Materials
> Working Group to assist the RSC in developing the treatment of rare
> materials in RDA (see: http://www.rda-rsc.org/workinggroups). One of the
> tasks assigned to the working group was a review of all RDA exceptions
> (etc.) for Early Printed Resources. To this end, the WG will submit a
> handful of RDA revision proposals for RSC review in the 2016 cycle. All
> proposals are due by August 1. The WG is very interested in comments from
> members of this list.
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> Three proposals ready for review are described below (and in the document
> here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AFybjUog0_vu34MgprzPGp2ktrIYq4Du6IQWlBolth8/edit).
> Before August 1, the WG hopes to share two or three additional proposals
> (stay tuned).
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> Please don’t be shy about adding your suggestions, comments, or questions.
> To do so:
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> -          Use the comment feature in any of the Google docs linked
> herewith; or
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> -          Send your thoughts to this list, putting the proposal title in
> the subject line; or
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> -          Email me, at francis.lapka at yale.edu.
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> Thanks,
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> Francis
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> *RSC/Rare WG/1 Early Printed Resources and Rare Printed Resources*
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMnuYGOCfFSOlL9NBnvDznu0saWXslf3okfoQayidA8/edit
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> This proposal recommends three changes:
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> 1.       Revise the chronological scope of the term “early printed
> resources” to accommodate regional differences for the concept of early.
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> 2.      Add the category “rare printed resources,” to define a category
> of materials for which an agency may choose to provide a more detailed
> description of the resource as a physical object.
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> 3.      Replace “early printed resources” with “rare printed resources”
> in RDA instructions where there is no justification for limiting
> application to early resources.
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> *RSC/Rare WG/2 Revision to RDA 1.8.1 Numbers Expressed as Numerals or as
> Words*
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gmds5e2GJq27l2QH02gtH1f0sKzvvmJM15nN2z2vSfY/edit
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> This proposal revises the alternative for early printed resources within
> the general guidelines for numbers expressed as numerals or as words
> (1.8.1). The proposal recommends three changes:
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> 1.       Add numbering within series and numbering within subseries to
> the list of elements for which numbers are transcribed in the form in which
> they appear on the source of information.
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> 2.      Re-classify the alternative as an exception.
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> 3.      Broaden the scope of the alternative/exception so that it applies
> to rare printed resources instead of early printed resources.
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> *RSC/Rare WG/3 Revision to RDA 3.4.5 Extent of Text*
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> (coming soon)
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> *RSC/Rare WG/4 Revision to RDA 3.12 Book Format and related terms*
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzYfF2udcQuazLrdGXQkm4R03BgCENaNT50iTKHXQjo/edit
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> This proposal revises RDA 3.12 Book Format in order to bring the
> instructions into greater alignment with contemporary definitions of the
> concept of *format* and to introduce other minor improvements.  The
> proposal recommends parallel changes to the RDA Glossary.
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> *RSC/Rare WG/5 Revision to RDA 3.21.2.9 Note on Extent of Manifestation,
> Early Printed Resources*
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> (coming soon)
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> *RSC/Rare WG/6 Revision RDA 2.2.2.2 Sources of Information*
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> (coming soon)
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