Miscellaneous Proofreading Rules

During the first phase of work on the control file, XML files received by the vendor will be undergo a character-by-character proofread against the physical slips. In an effort to speed up our proofreading, please note the following rules. Issues of formatting bib records and transcription of lengthy handwritten material will be handled during Encoding Level 1.

• Ignore underlining and italics
• Ignore Arabic number following Roman numeral for series, II or III
• Insert post-it note on the XSL printout for a new slip, place a sticky flag the new paper slip in the chronological file
• Transcribe handwriting if under one line, otherwise flag on XSL printout