After the *long* discussion (dispute?) amongst us occasioned by
whether "cm" is a symbol or abbreviation, SLC is adopting the
following policy concening RDA/MARC21 variable field end punctuation:
PUNCTUATION
[End all descriptive variable fields with final punctuation (e.g.,
period, hyphen, closing parenthesi). including 246 and 300, whether
300 followed by 490 or not, and whether one considers "cm" a symbol or
an abbreviation. Never double punctuate, e.g., "Second ed.."]
__ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca)
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P.S. We've been using a period on 246 for some time, so the resulting
notes will have a period. Would that everyone would adopt this simple
and easy solution, and rejected the ISBD falacy that the period
introduces the next field.
