Re: colophon note

["Edward Jajko, Hoover Institution" <JAJKO@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU>]

>From:  IN%"EXLIBRIS%RUTVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU"  "Rare Books and Speci
al Collections Forum" 26-JUL-1994 13:48:02.71
>To:    IN%"EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1.BITNET"  "Multiple recipients of list EXLIBRIS"
>Subj:  RE: colophon note

>To ask "how many people follow the (DCRB) rules to the letter" implies
>the possibility of following them to some lesser level.  To me, this
>is the same as not following the rules at all (in this case, see 4A2,
>second paragraph).  Cataloging codes follow three basic principles:
>they are positive, prescriptive, and exhaustive (letter from LC to me
>dated sometime in 1973, buried somewere in my desk).  That second
>principle means that no rule should be ignored (at least, not knowingly)

>George Mullally
>Univ. of Iowa

>Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 14:45:00 -0500 (CDT)
>From: George Mullally <BLAMULTS%UIAMVS.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>


I have nothing to contribute to this discussion about following DCRB or other
cataloging rules to the letter, but how nice to read that there is someone
else out there who has things "dated sometime in 1973" buried somewhere in,
on, or around his desk.  I am not alone...

Edward Jajko
Deputy Curator
Middle East Collection
Hoover Institution
Stanford CA 94305-6010
JAJKO@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU