[DCRB-L] DCRM 7C13

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Both are excellent suggestions, Larry. Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lcreider@lib.nmsu.edu [mailto:lcreider@lib.nmsu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:03 PM
> To: dcrb-l@lib.byu.edu
> Subject: Re: [DCRB-L] DCRM 7C13 
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> 
> The whole draft for Area 7 is excellent.  When I look at 
> 7C13, two things occur 
> to me.  One is that the rule says to make a note, regardless 
> of whether the 
> title and statement of responsibility area indicates the item 
> is a thesis.  In 
> many 17th through 19th century dissertations, the thesis 
> statement is embedded 
> in the title and/or SofR area.  Could we add a clause to the 
> rule saying to 
> make a note when the fact that the item is a 
> thesis/dissertation is not evident 
> from the rest of the description, as AACR2 does for language? 
>  Second, could we 
> have an example of a note for an Inaugural dissertation from 
> the 17th or 18th 
> century?  Almost anyone cataloging pre-1801 imprints will 
> encounter the genre.  
> Thanks.
>           Larry Creider
>  
> 
> Quoting "Deborah J. Leslie" <DJLeslie@folger.edu>:
> 
> > Dear colleagues,
> > 
> > The alpha version of DCRM(B) area 7 is now posted on the 
> DCRM revision site.
> > The primary changes are those to give more examples of 
> machine-press books,
> > and a substantial rewriting of 7C18, copy-specific notes, 
> based on the work
> > of Brian Hillyard and David Pearson in the [British] Rare 
> Books Group
> > _Guidelines for the Cataloguing of Rare Books._  It gives 
> more guidance on
> > varying levels of details on provenance and binding descriptions. 
> > 
> > Please make your comments (except for typos) to the list. Thanks.
> > 
> > Deborah
> > 
> > http://www.folger.edu/bsc/dcrb/DCRMarea7alpha1.doc
> > 
> > ___________________________
> > Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. 
> > Head of Cataloging
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