[DCRM-L] AMREMM and RDA

[Deborah J. Leslie]

With a 2003 publication, AMREMM* would be ready for revision, even without the need to reconsider its principles and provisions in light of RDA. A couple of points of interest that put it conceptually outside the DCRM suite:


1.      Although published by the BSC through our parent body ACRL, it has a personal author, Gregory Pass. He consulted widely with the BSC and other groups, and generally (if not always) accommodated our suggestions, but at the end of the day, he is the author.



2.     Gregory's remit was to align scholarly conventions used in describing medieval manuscripts with library descriptive conventions based on AACR2. One of the main deviations in practice is that of main entry. 1.1B6, for example, gives main entries in examples of devising titles, and it is clear that the manuscript as a physical object is the source of main entry.

[Books of hours : use of Rouen]
Main entry under: Catholic Church
Uniform title: Book of hours (Ms. National Art Library. MSL/1902/1654)
Added entry under: National Art Library (Great Britain). Manuscript. MSL/1902/1654





It's sensible that manuscripts of all time periods should be considered together. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.



*I can't resist bringing up a quip I made at the time, which I thought was funny but not sure anyone else did. Since the title is Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Manuscripts, we missed the chance of acronyming it DECAMREMM.


Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu |

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Thank you Matt for providing a good summary of where things stand. To this I'll add that BSR guidelines for manuscripts are in development. A draft will be shared with this list soon.



In 2018, I expect that the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee will initiate additional activity concerning manuscripts and RDA. At that time, we'll consider options such as those that Matt has described.

Francis


Francis Lapka  *  Catalog Librarian
Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Yale Center for British Art
203.432.9672  *  francis.lapka at yale.edu<mailto:francis.lapka at yale.edu>

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HI Ryan,

I'm not aware of any information on creating RDA-compliant AMREMM records.

The BIBCO and CONSER standard record profiles contain provisions for creating RDA-compliant DCRM records for all of the AACR2-based DCRM manuals, except for DCRM (MSS), though I believe that update is pending.

And the DCRM Task Force had postponed work on manuscript materials of all time periods when drafting the RBMS Policy Statements for RDA-based rare materials instructions, so that work remains to be done for modern manuscripts as well.

I wonder if any of these options might be feasible or desirable for BSC to pursue?

1. Publish an RDA-compliant revision to AMREMM as a standalone manual, like the original.
2. Draft additional RBMS Policy Statements for these materials, that when published along with the rest of RBMS-PS, would supersede AMREMM.
3. Submit provisions to be added to the BSR profile for creating RDA-compliant records using AMREMM as it currently stands, similar to the current arrangement with the other DCRM manuals.
4. Publish its own similar application profile for creating RDA-compliant records using AMREMM as it currently stands,  without going through LC/PCC.

Matt

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Ryan Hildebrand <rhilde at uoregon.edu<mailto:rhilde at uoregon.edu>> wrote:
Dear all,

Can anyone point me to helpful information on creating RDA compliant AMREMM records? I don't have specific questions at the moment, but would like to understand issues others may have already tackled.

Thanks,

Ryan Hildebrand
Authorities & Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
University of Oregon Libraries
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1299
(541) 346-1844<tel:(541)%20346-1844>




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