[DCRM-L] Update on the RBMS Policy Statements to RDA

[Mascaro, Michelle]

At ALA Annual 2019, the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee had several discussions regarding what tools and guidance the rare materials cataloging community needs in order to catalog rare materials in conjunction with the new RDA.  The conclusion of the discussions was that in depth guidance that rare materials catalogers rely on in the current Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM) manuals cannot effectively be reproduced by policy statements in the Beta Toolkit alone and a change of approach was necessary.  The RBMS Policy Statements Editorial Group (a "subgroup" of the Bibliographic Standards Committee) has been renamed the RBMS RDA Editorial Group and charged with developing guidance and tools for cataloging rare materials according to RDA as needed by the community.

The editorial group will revise the current DCRM manuals (starting with Books) to be RDA compliant and align with the RDA Element Set.  (Language in the revised manual will be heavily based on the current manuals.)  The new manual will be published as a free online resource outside the Toolkit.  Like the RDA Toolkit (and the 2002 revision of AACR2), the revised DCRM manuals will be considered an integrating resources and updates incorporated as needed.

The editorial group will also create a set of policy statements for publication within the Toolkit.  The policy statements will be short and concise and link to the revised DCRM Manual for fuller instructions/guidance. (For example, apply this option; see DCRM X.X for additional guidance.)

Until the new guidelines are complete, rare materials catalogers, who wish to create RDA-acceptable DCRM records, should follow provisions for rare materials included in the RDA BIBCO Standard Record (BSR)<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Faba%2Fpcc%2Fbibco%2Fdocuments%2FPCC-RDA-BSR.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cefh7%40psu.edu%7C4c7df33d6b6440bf274308d707107e7c%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C1%7C636985640257471681&sdata=nHOf1WqJc7OieKr%2BcTD8vQa8x%2FhU8aGti19jSI54%2BkA%3D&reserved=0>.  See the BSC statement on DCRM and RDA<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frbms.info%2Fdcrm%2Frda%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cefh7%40psu.edu%7C4c7df33d6b6440bf274308d707107e7c%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C1%7C636985640257481674&sdata=5NDOlx1%2FflXo8U9qBfNuzTtRG94WYvlUaBtSW6yjSCA%3D&reserved=0> for additional details.  As there are no manuscript provisions in the BSR, manuscript catalogers should continue to catalog according to DCRM(MSS), using RDA guidelines for access points.

Best,

Elizabeth Hobart and Michelle Mascaro, RBMS RDA Editorial Group, co-editors

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