[DCRM-L] Rare Book Cataloging at Rare Book School

[Moody, Honor M.]

What Amanda said! Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and experience, Deborah. I wouldn’t be the cataloger I am today without you.

Best,
Honor

Honor Moody
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Harvard Library Information and Technical Services

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From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Sprochi, Amanda via DCRM-L
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 1:52 PM
To: Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu>; DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
Cc: Sprochi, Amanda <sprochia at missouri.edu>; Perrings, Laura (lep9w) <laura.perrings at virginia.edu>; Amy Tims <amyltims at gmail.com>; jessica.grzegorski at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Rare Book Cataloging at Rare Book School

It’s the end of an era. I learned so much from you and I can never repay that. I hope you have a wonderful retirement from teaching.
Best, aks

Amanda K. Sprochi
Librarian IV/Cataloger
60 Ellis Library
The University of Missouri
Columbia, MO  65211
(573) 882-0461
sprochia at missouri.edu<mailto:sprochia at missouri.edu>
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From: Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu<mailto:DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu>>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:23 PM
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Cc: Perrings, Laura (lep9w) <laura.perrings at virginia.edu<mailto:laura.perrings at virginia.edu>>; Amy Tims <amyltims at gmail.com<mailto:amyltims at gmail.com>>; jessica.grzegorski at gmail.com<mailto:jessica.grzegorski at gmail.com>
Subject: [DCRM-L] Rare Book Cataloging at Rare Book School

To my friends and colleagues in the rare materials cataloging community,

Last week, I taught my final session of Rare Book Cataloging<https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/l30/> (L-30, Rare Book School at the University of Virginia<https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/l30/>). Teaching nearly 500 students in over 40 classes between 1998 and 2026 has been an absolute labor of love and a source of both inspiration and joy. I am immensely proud of my legacy, and immensely proud of the many accomplishments and contributions made by former students to their institutions and to the profession.
By this time next year, the Library of Congress will have fully implemented the Official RDA Toolkit, and the RDA Steering Committee will have deprecated Original RDA. There will be no deprecation of the DCRM suite of manuals. Nevertheless, the switchover signals that it's time for Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (RDA Edition)<https://bsc.rbms.info/> to come into its own, which in turn signals that it's time for L-30 to be renovated with fresh minds and energy—minds and energy that are firmly grounded in DCRMR and in the rare book cataloging community.
I have complete confidence in my L-30 successors, Amy Tims and Jessica Grzegorski, and am delighted that such capable rare book catalogers and teachers have accepted the challenge of continuing to develop sleek rare book catalogers. Amy and Jessica have been assisting for the past two years, and have both been deep in the DCRMR editorial weeds. Future RBS L-30 students will be in very good hands indeed!
All my best,
Deborah


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Deborah J. Leslie [cid:image001.png at 01DD139A.683E2F20]  | M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | djleslie at folger.edu<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | www.folger.edu<http://www.folger.edu/> | Opinions her own
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