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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Dear colleagues,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS Western">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS">m not sure the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS">instructions for cataloging an imperfect item when a description for a perfect item is available are clear. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B>0B2.</B><B> Imperfect copies.</B> In general, base the description on the copy in hand. If this copy is known to be imperfect, however, and details of a copy without the imperfection(s) can be determined, base the description on the copy without the imperfection(s), bracketing only as description of the perfect copy would require.</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Is this clear? Is there a better way of saying</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial Unicode MS">it?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">__________________________________________</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">djleslie@folger.edu || 202.675-0369</FONT></SPAN></P>
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