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It seems like you'd want the note in a holdings record if possible, or
at least in a field that doesn't end up in the WorldCat master record
(which a 590 wouldn't, if I'm not mistaken). If you were creating an
original record in Connexion, I guess you'd have to wait to add it
until after you exported to your local system. I've always preferred
keeping local information out of WorldCat unless it has implications
for other libraries cataloging the same item.<br>
--John<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">John Overholt
Assistant Curator
The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson/
Early Modern Books and Manuscripts
Houghton Library
Harvard University
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Margaret Nichols wrote:
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cite="mid6.2.3.4.2.20070716093144.036dfe70@postoffice7.mail.cornell.edu"
type="cite">One thought that occurs to me is that since people don't
always remove
the previous institution's notes from the record when they copy it for
their own institution, the "collated & perfect" note might
end up being misleading in those cases. On the other hand, if the note
begins with "Folger copy" or the like, I suppose that removes
that danger (except for the occasional extremely unobservant
patron).<br>
<br>
Hope this doesn't sound too muddled--it's Monday ...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Margaret Nichols<br>
<br>
At 05:02 PM 7/14/2007, you wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""><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. <br>
</font><br>
<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:<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Georgia">590 Folger copy: C.&p. DJL 20070714. Bound
in
<…> <br>
</font><br>
<font face="Georgia">Thoughts? <br>
</font><br>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype" size="2">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A.,
M.L.S.</font> <br>
<font face="Palatino Linotype" size="2">Head of Cataloging</font> <br>
<font face="Palatino Linotype" size="2">Folger Shakespeare Library</font>
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Margaret Nichols<br>
Head, Special Collections Materials Unit<br>
Library Technical Services<br>
110 Olin Library<br>
Cornell University<br>
Ithaca, NY. 14853-5302 <br>
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