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

[Jennifer Bradshaw]

Best wishes, Deborah! I've learned so much from you.
Your impact in the cataloging world is immense, and your legacy will be
carried on into new generations of catalogers as we pass your wisdom along.

Thank you!
Jenny Bradshaw

On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM Deborah J. Leslie via DCRM-L <
dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
> _____________________________
> Deborah J. Leslie  | M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare
> Library | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 |
> djleslie at folger.edu | www.folger.edu | Opinions her own
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