Bibliographic Standards Committee
DCRM(G): Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics)
DCRM(G) draft texts
Version: 7.x
- See "Current state of the draft" under "Current work" on the DCRM(G) wiki front page
Version: 6.0
- DCRM(G) v. 6.0 (pdf)
- DCRM(G) Public Review Now closed
Version: 5.2
- DCRM(G) v. 5.2 (pdf)
Version: 4.2
- DCRM(G) v. 4.2 (pdf)
Current status
The DCRM(G) wiki is being used to document ongoing progress.
History and background
Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical Collections was compiled by Elisabeth Betz Parker in 1982 to provide guidelines for cataloging a wide variety of visual materials from photographic prints, negatives, and albums to posters, cartoons, popular and fine prints, and architectural drawings. These rules are a national standard supplement to Chapter 8 of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), which focuses on modern, published audiovisual materials.
In 2008, the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee accepted a proposal to develop a second edition of Graphic Materials as part of the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM) suite. The Library of Congress Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) expressed support of this change, and the new manual will be known as Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics), or DCRM(G).
DCRM(G) editorial team
- Erin C. Blake, Curator of Art & Special Collections, Folger Shakespeare Library
- Ellen R. Cordes, Head of Technical Services, The Lewis Walpole Library
- James Eason, Principal Pictorial Archivist, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Mary Mundy, Cataloging Specialist, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
- Lenore M. Rouse, Curator, Rare Books & Special Collections, The Catholic University of America
- Joe Springer, Curator, Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College
- Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress