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<P><FONT FACE="Georgia">At ALA annual this year, RBMS co-sponsored a program with MAGERT on library map security. One of the speakers was Smiley's prosecuting attorney, who stated that a catalog record that didn't mention imperfections wouldn't stand up in court as evidence that it had no imperfections at the time it was cataloged; a defense attorney would merely need to find a few examples of cataloging that failed to mention existing imperfections at the time of cataloging. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia">It occurred to me that for cataloging rare materials, it might be worth considering incorporating the old "collated & perfect" (sometimes abbreviated "c.&p.") note that booksellers and collectors used to pencil into books or include in descriptions. I'm imagining something like this, where a note on the state of the volume's completeness would come at the front of all copy-specific notes:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia">590 Folger copy: C.&p. DJL 20070714. Bound in <…> </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Georgia">Thoughts? </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">_____________________________</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Head of Cataloging</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Folger Shakespeare Library</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">djleslie@folger.edu</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.folger.edu"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino Linotype">http://www.folger.edu</FONT></U></A>
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