[DCRM-L] DCRM-L Digest, Vol 245, Issue 15

Tue Jul 14 13:30:15 MDT 2026

Joining my voice to the chorus of 500 students and innumerable lives
touched far beyond reckon.  Thank you, my dear friend, for all you have
given us and for all you will continue to give to our community.  Jessica
and Amy, many congratulations to you both.  i'm so incredibly proud of
you.  <3

kalan

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> From: "Wheaton, Mary" <mwheaton at richmond.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Rare Book Cataloging at Rare Book School
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> Deborah,
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> Like so many others, I am indebted to your wealth of knowledge and
> willingness to share it. Just this last week, I was poring over the
> materials from your class as I tried to figure my way around three volumes
> of bound English almanacs. And, as I believe I told you last summer, if you
> ever decided to teach your Advanced Rare Book Cataloging course at RBS
> again, I would be the first to sign up!
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> Many, many thanks and wishing you all the best.
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> Mary
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> Mary F. Wheaton
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> Special Formats Cataloging Librarian
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> Boatwright Memorial Library
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> 261 Richmond Way
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> University of Richmond, VA 23173
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> email: mwheaton at richmond.edu<mailto:mwheaton at richmond.edu>
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> From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> on behalf of Deborah J. Leslie
> via DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 1:22 PM
> To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> Cc: Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu>; Perrings, Laura (lep9w) <
> laura.perrings at virginia.edu>; Amy Tims <amyltims at gmail.com>;
> jessica.grzegorski at gmail.com <jessica.grzegorski at gmail.com>
> Subject: [DCRM-L] Rare Book Cataloging at Rare Book School
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> To my friends and colleagues in the rare materials cataloging community,
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> 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:07d6671a-194a-47b5-9420-c259608cc943]  | 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
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