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Regarding handwriting: the National Archives' online paleography course covering handwriting between 1500 and 1800 looks very useful. It has been on my to do list for some time! http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Erika On 16/04/2015 11:56, Karen Pierce wrote: > > I think I tend to struggle with handwriting and signatures because I > don’t do rare book cataloguing full time. I think (I would hope?) > that it would get a bit easier as I would be used to seeing different > handwriting more often. I have covered handwriting briefly in the > course I took – but I think if I ever did this full time I would want > to take a course on just the handwriting so I could really get it into > my head – I would probably have more notes next to me. > > Generally whenever we get a signature on a book we ask the opinion of > anyone else in the office – because sometimes someone else seems to > see what you don’t straight away! Once it is pointed out it becomes > obvious. > > I looked at your suggestion Iris, and I could see it as much as I > could see my own – I just wasn’t quite sure about either of our > suggestions! > > Karen > > *From:*CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *O'Brien, Iris > *Sent:* 16 April 2015 11:42 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Submission of Record 2 > > Thanks, Karen. > > I was struggling with that inscription, too. Does anybody have any > other suggestions for the inscription? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Iris O'Brien > > Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager > > The British Library > > St Pancras > > 96 Euston Road > > London > > NW1 2DB > > Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > *From:*Karen Pierce [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* 16 April 2015 11:35 > *To:* O'Brien, Iris > *Subject:* RE: [CIG-E-FORUM] Submission of Record 2 > > Here is my record 2. > > I’m not very good on handwriting, so I have probably got the signature > name wrong! > > Karen > > *From:*CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > <mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]> *On Behalf Of *O'Brien, Iris > *Sent:* 16 April 2015 10:52 > *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [CIG-E-FORUM] Submission of Record 2 > > Please, start sending in your record 2 examples now but feel free to > keep on commenting on record 1. > > If you have any other practical cataloguing questions, please, submit > them for discussion. > > Iris > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Iris O'Brien > > Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager > > The British Library > > St Pancras > > 96 Euston Road > > London > > NW1 2DB > > Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > *From:*CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *O'Brien, Iris > *Sent:* 16 April 2015 10:40 > *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [CIG-E-FORUM] Discussion of Record 1 > > I think the records look pretty similar. > > Those of you who don’t have a lot of rare books cataloguing > experience, is there anything in the records that looks unusual to > you? Or do you have any other questions or comments? > > When I created my record I thought for this exercise I would include > citations/references in the 510 in the format of the latest edition of > the /Standard Citation Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging /(available > free online: http://rbms.info/scf/ )//to see what it was like even > though we actually still follow the previous version within the ESTC. > What do you think? It’s probably clearer for users not necessarily > familiar with these reference works as such but I must say it does > take longer to input. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Iris O'Brien > > Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager > > The British Library > > St Pancras > > 96 Euston Road > > London > > NW1 2DB > > Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > ****************************************************************************************************************** > > Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk <http://www.bl.uk/> > > The British Library’s latest Annual Report and Accounts : > www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html > <http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html> > > Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. 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