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Subject: Fwd: [IFLA-L] Reminder to comment by March 31
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:17:45 -0500
From: David McQuillan <[log in to unmask]>
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I am passing this along in case you have not seen this notice.
David C. McQuillan, Chair
IFLA Geography and Map Libraries Section
David C. McQuillan
Map Librarian
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 777-4723
Fax: (803) 777-4661
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>> "John D Byrum" <[log in to unmask]> 3/22/2005 4:23:36 PM >>>
Dear colleagues,
Just sending a reminder about the March 31 deadline for comments
on ISBD(CM) draft.
Regards, John Byrum
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Invitation to:
World-Wide Review of International Standard Bibliographic Description
for Cartographic Materials (ISBD(CM))
2004 revision
Comments due by March 31, 2005
In the early 1990s, IFLA's Division of Bibliographic Control set up a
Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
(FRBR). Following adoption of the Study Group's recommendations, the
ISBD Review Group was charged to initiate a full-scale review of the
ISBDs. The objective of this project was to ensure conformity between
the provisions of the ISBDs and FRBR's data requirements for the
"basic
level national bibliographic record" (BLNBR).
In the ISBDs, national bibliographic agencies are called upon to
prepare the definitive description containing all the mandatory
elements
set out in the relevant ISBD insofar as the information is applicable
to
the publication being described. To facilitate implementation of this
principle, the ISBDs designate as "mandatory" those data elements that
are always to be included in records prepared by national
bibliographic
agencies, as "conditional" those that must be included under certain
circumstances but that need not be included otherwise, and as
"optional"
those that may be included if desired but that are not required.
Therefore, the main task in pursuing this revision project has
entailed
a close examination of the ISBD data elements that are mandatory to
make
optional or conditional those that are also optional in FRBR. (In no
case is a data element mandatory in FRBR but optional in the ISBDs.)
The updated version of the ISBD(CM), ready for your review and
comments, is now available by clicking on the link that appears at:
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/Invitation4WWreview12-04.htm .
In addition to the changes resulting from the work outlined above,
this
version of ISBD(CM), introduces some changes in terminology. Among
them
is the use of the term "resource" rather than "item" or "publication".
("Resource" is given a specific definition in 0.2). Other changes in
wording were made to simplify the text and make it more consistent
with
other ISBDs. Similarly, in some cases, the order of choice of title
proper is changed to be based on typography, then on sequence, to
match
treatment in other ISBDs.
The use of multiple GMDs is under investigation by a Study Group
constituted by the ISBD Review Group; as the Study Group reaches
decisions on issues to be resolved, changes may later need to be made
to
ISBD(CM).
"Scale" (or its equivalent in another language) is used as a constant
in all cases, and "digital graphic representation" has been added for
electronic cartographic materials.
The Review Group would also very much appreciate contributions of
examples to illustrate the particular provisions in ISBD(CM).
Composite
examples for consideration for inclusion in Appendix C would also be
most welcome as would be comments on the examples that are provided in
this version for review. We prefer examples in which fewer
abbreviations
are present.
The text itself is presented as a draft for world-wide review.
Comments
on this draft revision of ISBD(CM) are now being sought. Please submit
your comments to Dorothy McGarry at the address below by March 31,
2005.
John D. Byrum, Jr.
Chair, ISBD Review Group
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Reply to:
Dorothy McGarry
P. O. Box 931119
Los Angeles, CA 90093-1119
USA
Tel: +1-310-8250794
Fax: +1-310-2069872
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