DCRM(B): A Very Short Introduction

The most significant changes from DCRB are…

new introductory sections on ‘Objectives and Principles’ and ‘Precataloging Decisions’

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III.1.1. Users must be able to distinguish clearly among different manifestations of an expression of a work.

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III.1.2. Users must be able to perform most identification and selection tasks without direct access to the materials.

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III.1.3. Users must be able to investigate physical processes and post-production history and context exemplified in materials described.

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III.1.4. Users must be able to gain access to materials whose production or presentation characteristics differ from modern conventions.

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X. Pre-cataloging decisions

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X.1. Decisions to make before beginning the description

X.1.1. Item-level vs. collection-level descriptionX.1.2. Cataloging code: AACR2 vs. DCRM(B)X.1.3. Encoding level: DCRM(B) minimal vs. core vs. fullX.1.4. Bibliographic variants

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X.2. Factors to consider in making these decisions

X.2.1. Institution’s mission and user needsX.2.2. Institutional and departmental resourcesX.2.3. Market value and conditions of acquisition of the item or collectionX.2.4. Intellectual and physical characteristics of the item or collection

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The most significant changes from DCRB are…

the explicit incorporation of machine-made books into the rule text and examples

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DCRB 0D. Prescribed sources of information

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Area Prescribed sources of information

Edition Title page, other preliminaries, colophon

Publication, etc.

Title page, colophon, other preliminaries

Series Series title page, monograph title page, cover, rest of the publication

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Area Prescribed sources of information

2. Edition Title page, other preliminaries, colophon, dust jacket …

4. Publication, etc.

Title page, colophon, other preliminaries, dust jacket …

6. Series Series title page, monograph title page, cover, dust jacket, … rest of the publication

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The protestation of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland London : [s.n.], printed 1641 [i.e. Dublin : Clery and Co., 1879]

Actual imprint details from cover, which bears title: Cromwellian settlement of Ireland …

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0C1.2

… if the publication bears a cover issued by the publisher, and the cover contains all the elements typically given on a title page but with more recent information than that provided on the title page (e.g., a later edition statement and publication date), choose the cover as the chief source of information.

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Cromwellian settlement of Ireland, 1641-1650 : four rare Puritan tracts concerning the affairs of Ireland ... Dublin : Crery and Co., [1879]

Title and imprint details from cover.Contents: The protestation of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland …

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DCRB 2B Edition statement 2B1. Transcribe the statement relating to an edition of a publication in the terms in which it appears …

2B2. Transcribe as an edition statement a statement relating to issues or impressions, even if the publication contains no changes from the previous edition.

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Eleanor / by Mrs Humphrey Ward …Fourth impression.

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DCRM(B) 2B Edition statements

2B1. General rule

Transcribe a statement relating to an edition or issue of a publication as it appears …

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DCRM(B) 2B3. Words such as “impression” or “printing”

2B3.1. Use judgement in transcribing statements containing words such as “impression” or “printing”. In books from the hand-press era, such statements usually signal a new edition or issue ... [and] may properly be considered an edition statement ...

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2B3.2. In books from the machine press era, statements containing words such as “impression” or “printing” are more likely to indicate that the publication is simply a new impression of the same edition. Omit statements such as these from the transcription ... Local notes may be made about the statements ...

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Eleanor / by Mrs Humphrey Ward …

“Fourth impression”—library’s copy.

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Alternative rule: If a decision has been made to create a separate bibliographic record for an individual impression [etc.] ... transcribe [such] statements in the edition area.

Eleanor / by Mrs Humphrey Ward …Fourth impression.

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The most significant changes from DCRB are…

the addition of area 6

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DCRB 6. Series area

Note that series statements are rare in early printed monographs and care should be taken to distinguish true series titles from other title information. When giving genuine series titles, see AACR2.

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AACR2 1.6. Series area

1.6.C1. … give the first parallel title [and] any subsequent parallel title … in English.1.6.D1. Give other title information … only if it provides valuable information identifying the series.1.6E1. Transcribe statements of responsibility … only if they are considered to be necessary for identification ...1.6G1. Give the numbering of the item within the series in the terms given in the item. Use abbreviations … and numerals as instructed in appendix [B &] C.

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(Early English poetry, ballads and popular literature of the Middle Ages ; v. 22)

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DCRM(B) Area 6

6C1. Transcribe … the [series] title that is in the language … of the title proper. … Transcribe the remaining title(s) … as parallel series titles 6D1. Transcribe other title information relating to the series … following the series title proper.6E1. Transcribe a statement of responsibility relating to the series … following the series title.6G2. Transcribe the [series] numbering as it appears in the publication. Do not use any abbreviations … and do not convert roman … numerals to arabic.

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(Early English poetry, ballads and popular literature of the Middle Ages : edited from original manuscripts and scarce publications / Percy Society ; vol. XXII)

“Percy Society” appears at head of series t.p.

Added entry: Early English poetry, ballads and popular literature of the Middle Ages ; v. 22

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The most significant changes from DCRB are…

an expanded appendix on early letter forms and symbols

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The most significant changes from DCRB are…

expanded guidance and … a more rigorous and consistent approach to transcription

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DCRM(B) 0G6.4. Blank spaces.

If transcribing text containing a blank space intended to be completed in manuscript, as is common in forms and certain government documents, supply the word “blank” enclosed in square brackets. If the blank has been completed in the item being described, indicate this in a local note, if considered important.

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Iniunctions exhibited the [blank] day of [blank] anno M.D.XXXVIII.

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DCRB OG Misprints, etc.

In an area where transcription from the publication is required, transcribe a misprint as it appears in the publication. Follow such an inaccuracy either by “[sic]” or by the abbreviation “i.e.” and the correction within square brackets. Supply missing letters in square brackets.

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S[p]haera mundi co[m]pendiu[m] foeliciter inchoat

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DCRM(B) OG.7.1. Misprints

Transcribe a misprint as it appears in the publication. Follow such an inaccuracy either by “[sic]” or by the abbreviation “i.e.” and the correction within square brackets.

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Spaera [i.e. sphaera] mundi co[m]pendiu[m] foeliciter inchoat.

or

Spaera [sic] mundi co[m]pendiu[m] foeliciter inchoat.

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DCRB 0J2

When special marks of contraction have been used by the printer … expand affected words to their full form and enclose supplied letters in square brackets. … If the Tironian sign ( ) cannot be reproduced … substitute [et] for it. Transcribe an ampersand as an ampersand.

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DCRM(B) 0G8.2

If special marks of contraction have been used by the printer … expand affected words to their full form and enclose supplied letters in square brackets. … Transcribe an ampersand or a Tironian sign (

) as an ampersand.

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De heteroclitis nominibus. Editio Roberti Whittintoni Lichfeldiensis [et] protouatis Anglie in florentissima Oxoniensi academia laureati de heteroclitis nominibus [et] gradibus comparationis.

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De heteroclitis nominibus. Editio Roberti Whittintoni Lichfeldiensis & protouatis Anglie in florentissima Oxoniensi academia laureati de heteroclitis nominibus & gradibus comparationis.

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The necessity [et] extent of the obligation : with the manner and measures of restitution …

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The necessity & extent of the obligation : with the manner and measures of restitution …

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Transcribed information is never to be placed within square brackets …

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DCRB 1G1.

Transcribe statements of responsibility appearing in the preliminaries … or in the colophon, in the form in which they appear. If a statement of responsibility is not taken from the title page, enclose it in square brackets …

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DCRM(B) 1E. Statements of responsibility

1E1. Statements of responsibility on the title page

Transcribe statements of responsibility found on the title page in the form in which they appear.

1E2 Statements of responsibility If a statement of responsibility appears in a source other than on the title page … record the statement and its source in a note.

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La quarta p[ar]te del vita Christi Cartuxano / [q[ue] ... Ambrosio Mo[n]tesino ... interp[re]to de lati[n] en roma[n]ce …]

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La quarta p[ar]te del vita Christi Cartuxano.

“q[ue] ... Ambrosio Mo[n]tesino ... interp[re]to de lati[n] en roma[n]ce …”—colophon.

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… Conversely, the presence of square brackets … immediately and unambiguously identifies text as suppplied or interpolated.

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London : Printed [by A. Islip] for the Company of Stationers, 1608.

Printer’s name from STC.Reference: STC (2nd ed.) 9548

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… Another notable change related to more rigorous transcription principles is that roman dates in the source are transcribed as roman rather than arabic numerals.

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DCRB 4D.2

Roman numerals. When roman numerals appear as Gregorian or Julian years, change them to arabic numerals unless they are erroneous or misprinted.

DCRM(B) 4D2.1.

If the date appears in roman numerals, transcribe the date as it appears. Omit internal spaces and punctuation. Supply the year in arabic numerals in square brackets.

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London : printed for T. Cooper, … 1742 : and reprinted for J. Wilkie …, 1774.

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London : printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster Row, 1742 : and reprinted for J. Wilkie, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, MDCCLXXIV [1774]

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