---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erin Blake &lt;EBlake(a)folger.edu&gt; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:47:07 -0500 With apologies, I've just realized that the following invitation to comment on DCRM(G), from the chair of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee, should probably have been sent as well as to the graphic materials and rare book cataloging listservs. Better late than never? Comments should be made by January 3, if at all possible, to give time to consider them in preparation for the hearing on January 8. Comments on the draft should be submitted via the "public review" version of the document in the link below, a DigressIt blog that groups comments and responses point by point. Thanks, and please let me know if you have any questions. Erin. (eblake(a)folger.edu) -----Original Message----- From: dcrm-l-bounces(a)lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen A Skuce Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:28 AM To: dcrm-l(a)lib.byu.edu Subject: [DCRM-L] DCRM (Graphics): Full draft available for review Hello, I'm very pleased to announce that a full draft of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics) is now available for review and comment. The editors are making available both a pdf of the document and a "public review" version utilizing DigressIt, which allows for comments at the level of specific paragraphs, rules, and examples. Comments are encouraged and are extremely welcome from individuals (or organizations) whether they have extensive experience or absolutely no experience with graphic materials. In addition to accommodating comments, the public review version of the document also contains, within some example texts, links to images of actual materials that illustrate the specific example and rule. DCRM(G) is also the first DCRM to incorporate "RDA alternatives" into the rules. This draft is being made available in preparation for a public hearing on DCRM(G) to be held at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, at 7:30 pm on January 8, 2011. All interested parties are encouraged to comment on the draft, attend the public hearing, or better still, do both. (All comments on the draft should be submitted via the "public review" version of the document.) The editors have worked very hard, and very quickly, to get Version 6.0 ready for review. A few things they'd like to point out: -- Some appendices are unpolished. Appendix C, currently titled "BIBCO Standard Records" is very likely to change substantially, and move toward a new "DCRM Core" record instead. -- Appendix B, "Collection-Level Records," lacks examples for extra-illustrated books cataloged as collections. These will be incorporated later. -- As with all DCRM publications, examples have been tough. A "[B]" preface to an example denotes a DCRM(B) placeholder example; a "[GM]" preface denotes an unverified example from Graphic Materials. Both versions of the draft -- "Version: 6.0" -- are available on the Bibliographic Standards Committee website, here: http://rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/dcrm/dcrmg/dcrmg.htm l The DCRM(G) editors are: Erin C. Blake, Chair Ellen R. Cordes James Eason Mary Mundy Lenore M. Rouse Joe Springer Helena Zinkham Our congratulations to them. And to you -- in advance -- our thanks for submitting comments on this draft of a much-anticipated document. Stephen Skuce Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Program Manager for Rare Books Institute Archives and Special Collections MIT Room 14N-118 77 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA 02139-4307 617.253.0654 <end forwarded message> -------------------------------------------------- Erin C. Blake, Ph.D. | Curator of Art & Special Collections | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 E. Capitol St. SE | Washington, DC 20003-1004 | office tel. (202) 675-0323 | fax: (202) 675-0328 | eblake(a)folger.edu | www.folger.edu