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

[Kate Moriarty]

That last sentence came out wrong. What I meant to say is, count me,
unfortunately, among the catalogers who are thrown for a loop by artists'
books.

~Kate

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Kate Moriarty <moriarks at slu.edu> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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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>> Will Evans
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>> National Endowment for the Humanities
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>> Chief Librarian in Charge of Technical Services
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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,
>>
>> 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*
>>
>> (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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> Professor  |  Pius XII Memorial Library  |  Room 320-2
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>



-- 
Kate S. Moriarty, MSW, MLS  |  Rare Book Catalog Librarian  |  Associate
Professor  |  Pius XII Memorial Library  |  Room 320-2
Saint Louis University  |  3650 Lindell Blvd . |  St. Louis, MO 63108  |
(314) 977-3024 (tel)  |  (314) 977-3108 (fax)  |  moriarks at slu.edu  |
http://libraries.slu.edu/
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