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Rare Book School announces its schedule of courses for 2005, including sessions at the University of Virginia, the Walters Art Museum/Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and the Freer/Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC. Visit the web site for a complete brochure, expanded course descriptions, and application forms.

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books), forthcoming 2006, a revision of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books (1991).





- Invitation To Comment On Draft Of "examples To Accompany Descriptive Cataloging Of Rare Materials (books)"
Posted on AUTOCAT. Examples to Accompany Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) is a work in progress. The Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL has charged a subcommittee to update the second edition...

- Rare Map Cataloging
News from ALA.An editorial team has been appointed to develop DCRM(C). The initial plan of action calls for a review of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (DCRM(B)) and Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, Second...

- Rare Book Terms
The Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (ALA/ACRL) is pleased to announce the availability of electronic versions of their controlled vocabularies for use in rare books and special collections cataloging.The new...

- Do You Use Aacr2 2.12-18?
A task force of ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access has been asked to examine the rules in AACR2 for cataloging of early printed materials (AACR2 2.12-2.18) and make recommendations, which will be forwarded to the Joint Steering...

- Subject Headings
The paper "Subject headings for OCLC rare book records: a case study" by Edna McClellan appears in the latest OCLC Systems & Services v. 19 no. 3.This study presents an overview of the quality of 232 OCLC rare book cataloging records. Of the 232 records,...



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