0H (DCRB-AACR2 analysis)

[Patrick Russell]

Hi all:

Presently I am inclined to agree with Bob about using LCRI trancription. I
am also concerned that the Medieval Manuscript rules are proposing still a
different system (which I happen to like).  This makes I think for
considerable confusion, and is not helpful to tech. & public service people
who (as at Bancroft) in fact work with a variety of materials from a
variety of periods, not just "early printing," "medieval manuscripts," or
"Latin papyri."

I am quite aware of the varying paleographical/printing rules/practices at
various time periods -- but I feel this is a fine point more appropriate
for self-contained online or printed catalogs, not something that will
reside in a union catalog, such as OCLC, RLIN, Melville, or UC Berkeley.

Patrick

At 03:19 PM 6/3/99 -0600, Robert Maxwell wrote:
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>http://www.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/people/rlm/bsc/dcrb/0H.htm
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>Recommendation:
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>Remove the DCRB transcription rules for i/j, u/v, uu/vv/w.
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>No recommendation at this time for replacement. This must be arrived at by
>consensus of the committee. (My personal preference is for a regular, and
>predictable standard of transcription such as the LCRI.)
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>Remove the DCRB rules for retaining certain ligatures.
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>Retain the rule for final I, but add stipulation for an added entry with I
>expanded in the case of titles, if the letter occurs within the first six
>words.
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>Retain the rules for Gothic letters and chronograms.
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>Robert L. Maxwell
>Special Collections and Ancient Languages Cataloger
>6428 Harold B. Lee Library
>Brigham Young University
>Provo, UT 84602
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