RBMS Manual / Standards and Guidelines & Other Publications
- ACRL/RBMS Standards and Guidelines
- Other RBMS-Related Publications
- Thesauri for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging
- Serial Publications
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A. ACRL/RBMS Standards and Guidelines
The Section maintains an up-to-date list of standards and guidelines at http://www.rbms.info/standards/index.shtml
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B. Other RBMS-Related Publications
Roster of Officers, Committees, and Liaisons. Revised annually by the section chair. Available on the section Web site.
Examples to Accompany Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. 2nd ed. (RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee) 148p. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1999. $31.50 ACRL members. Order from ALA Publishing Services. ISBN 0-8389-8014-7.
Procedures for Organizing and Selecting Preconference Seminars. (Formerly titled Information Sheet for Seminar Organizers (RBMS Education and Professional Development Committee). January 1992. Revised February 1996. (See Section XI. Available on Web site.
"Locating Copyright Holders". Chicago: American Library Association, ALA Graphics. $10.00 ($8.00 ALA members). Camera-ready sheets for in-house duplication as needed.
RBMS Brochure. (RBMS Publications Committee) Chicago: ACRL, 2001. Distributed to new members and for promotional purposes.
RBMS Manual. Revised once a year by the section past chair. Available on section Web site.
RBMS Preconference Planning Manual. (RBMS Conference Development Committee) Revised December 1988; revision in progress.
Relator Terms for Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Cataloguing. 3rd. ed. 5p. (Published in C&RL News, October 1987).
Scholarly Communication in an Electronic Environment. Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries, 1993. 136p. $28.95 ($24.99 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-7686-7. A collection of essays from the plenary sessions of the 33rd Annual ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Preconference at the University of California, Santa Cruz, June 23-26, 1992. Order from ALA Publishing Services.
Getting Ready for the Nineteenth Century: Strategies and Solutions for Rare Book and Special Collections Librarians. Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries, 2000. 116p. $18.00 ($16.00 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-8117-8. Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL, Washington, D.C., 1998.
Your Old Books. Chicago: American Library Association, ALA Graphics, 1988; revised 1994. $24 for a package of 50.
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C. Thesauri for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging These thesauri authored by the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee were developed for use in MARC fields 655 and 755. Each thesaurus provides standardized vocabulary for retrieving items by characteristics of interest to special collections librarians.
- Binding Terms. 37p. (1988).
$11.50 ($9.50 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-7210-1. - Genre Terms. 2nd. ed. 90p. (1991).
$21.95 ($18.65 ACRL members) ISBN 0-8389-7516-X. - Paper Terms. 52p. (1990).
$8.95 ($7.50 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-7427-9. - Printing and Publishing Evidence. 28p. (1986).
$8.95 ($7.50 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-7108-3. - Provenance Evidence. 24p. (1988).
$10.50 ($8.50 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-7239-X. - Type Evidence. 19p. (1990).
$8.95 ($7.50 ACRL members). ISBN 0-8389-7428-7.
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RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. (ACRL). Formerly Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship. Published twice yearly since 1986. Subscription cost: $35.00 a year in the United States, available from ACRL. ISSN: 0884-450X
RBMS Newsletter. Published twice a year when ACRL funding is available. Free distribution to current RBMS members, and posted to the section Web site.