Bibliographic Standards Committee
DCRM(B): Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)
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DCRM(B) has been published. It is available on LC Cataloger's Desktop; hard copy ordering information: http://www.loc.gov/cds/catman.html#rb They need the purchaser's full name and address for entry into their customer management system. The price has been set at: $70 domestic, $80 international. For those who are surprised at what seems to be a high price -- please remember that the $20 for DCRB was 16 years ago, in 1991. This price is set to recover costs, and that will be achieved only by selling most or all of the press run of 500 copies. |
History of the revision process
Original introduction to the DCRB revision
DCRB comparison with AACR2
DCRM Conference (2003) discussion papers
Original introduction to the DCRB revision
The ACRL/RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee (BSC) is engaged in a revision of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. The new edition will be called Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books), or DCRM(B). Related manuals for other formats under the DCRM umbrella are in process: DCRM(S), for rare serials and DCRM(M) for rare music. Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Manuscripts (AMREMM) is now available from ACRL. Component rules for other formats of rare materials will be added as needed.
To facilitate the revision process, an online discussion list called DCRM-L has been created. Those interested in reviewing or participating in the discussion are invited to contact the BSC chairman, Deborah J. Leslie.
This section includes a rule by rule analysis of DCRB compared with AACR2. Each section contains a comparison, a discussion, and recommendations for revision. Below, the comparison and discussion are linked to the rule number. For reference, the recommendations are given below with each rule number. The recommendations for DCRB 0 were discussed at the 1999 ALA Annual meeting for approval or revision. Approved changes are noted in their respective sections.
DCRB 1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area) (Robert Maxwell)
DCRB 2 (Edition Area) (Jennifer O'Brien Roper)
DCRB 5 (Physical Description Area) (Gregory Pass)
DCRB 7 (Note Area) (Jain Fletcher)
DCRM Conference (10-13 March 2003)
Information Sheet (PDF)
Working Group Assignments (PDF)
Report to the RBMS Executive Committee 2003 04 09 (MSWord doc)
Notes from the plenary sessions (MSWord doc)
Working Group 1 (Joe Springer, author; Jackie Dooley, moderator):
WG1 final draft on general principles
20030313 (MSWord doc)
General Principles pre-conference
position position (MSWord doc)
Working Group 2 (Deborah J. Leslie & Benjamin Griffin, authors;
Brian Hillyard, moderator):
IJUV Survey Worksheet (MSWord doc)
Transcription Issues 1 (MSWord doc)
(Leslie & Griffin)
Transcription issues 2 (MSWord doc) (Hillyard)
Working Group 3 (Manon Théroux author; Beth Russell, moderator):
Machine-press (MSWord doc)
Working Group 4 (Jain Fletcher, author; Barbara Jones, moderator):
Draft of Appendix on Collection-level Cataloging,
20030407 (MSWord doc)
Collection-level Cataloging (MSWord doc)
Working Group 5 (Deborah J. Leslie, author; Laurence Creider, moderator):
WG5 summary of decisions (MSWord doc)
Problems and Lacunae (MSWord doc)
Working Group 6 (John Attig and Ann Copeland, authors; Robert Maxwell,
moderator) :
Draft of new 0B1 section on when to create
a new record 20030324 (MSWord doc)
Editions, Issues, and States, or, When to Create a New
Record; pre-conference position paper (MSWord doc)
Additional Historical Documentation
Archive of pre-2002 discussion and decisions (not all information current)DCRM-L Archives
Targeted revision of DCRB