I agree wholeheartedly with Amy. While I appreciate the indefatiguable enthusiasm of cataloguing's debaters, cataloguing, and the rules governing it, are evolving entities, reflecting the changing world in which we all have to operate.

The counsel of perfection syndrome is dangerous, illusory and essentially unattainable--that which is practicable is the best we can ever do.

Duncan T.D. Irvine,
Head of Bibliographic Control,
University of Strathclyde,
GLASGOW G4 0NS,
United Kingdom

'The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.'

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amy H Turner
> Sent: 19 November 2008 11:29
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> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] LCRI 22.3A
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>
> In the BIBCO-at-large meeting this spring, Beecher Wiggins
> said that there will be no RIs with RDA. Ana may want to
> give more detail on this, but I'd like to propose that we
> retain, at least in spirit, 5 words that I remember from a
> RI, but haven't been able to find in the Catalogers Desktop
> (probably lost in revision).
>
> DO NOT STRAIN FOR CONSISTENCY.
>
> Many of the RI's (such as the 80% rule and the recently
> discussed decision on AACR2 compatible headings) try to
> strike a balance between exact application of a standard and
> efficiency. "Balance" implies flexibility, but there is a
> tendency to ask for guidance on EXACTLY how to balance. For
> example, there was the recent question of the hyphen in a
> compound name. IMHO, this is not an important enough change
> to merit the work, but there has been one vote in the other
> direction. Do we need to keep debating these marginal cases,
> or can we just say "if it is close to the line, go either
> way, and do not strain for consistency"?
>
> Amy
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> Amy H. Turner
> Monographic Cataloger & Authority Control Coordinator Duke
> University Libraries
> Durham, NC 27708-0190
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> Ana
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> Will 22.3B1 also be removed? That also contains an
> application of the 80% rule:
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> "After an author has been established, if subsequently
> received works show a form in a language not selected for the
> heading, change the heading when 80% of the author's works
> are in that language."
>
> On a more general note, what will be the status of the LCRIs,
> and the guidance therein, upon implementation of RDA?
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> Regards
> Richard
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> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Policy and Standards Division
> Sent: 18 November 2008 20:38
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> Subject: [PCCLIST] LCRI 22.3A
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> The Policy and Standards Division has reviewed the portion of
> LCRI 22.3A related to the so-called "80% rule" and the
> extensive PCCLIST discussion earlier this month. We've
> determined that this guidance is no longer necessary and will
> delete this portion of the LCRI with the issuance of the next
> update to the documentation.
>
> Background:
> LCRI 22.3A was originally issued to ease the transition from
> AACR1 to AACR2 by providing guidance to LC catalogers when
> creating a name authority record for an author that already
> had headings on bibiographic records in the LC database.
> With the understanding that significant time has passed since
> the adoption of AACR2, as well as the understanding that
> different NACO participants are viewing different sets of
> records (i.e., other than the LC catalog alone) for
> determining the most "commonly found form of name," this
> guidance issued to promote efficiency of decision-making has
> become unnecessary. Instead, the Policy and Standards
> Division has determined that catalogers have over 25 years of
> applying the priniciples of AACR2 and have honed their
> cataloger judgement suffciently that extra guidance for
> applying 22.3A in AACR2 is no longer needed and the rule
> should be applied as written.
>
> Ana Cristan for
> Policy and Standards Division
> Library of Congress
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