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I must be working with a less-evolved concept of $5 and Erin may well be
correct. MARC21 Appendix A defines $5 as "MARC code of the
institution or organization that holds the copy to which the data in the
field applies. Data in the field may not apply to the universal
description of the item or may apply universally to the item but be of
interest only to the location cited." In my
mind/practice heretofore I recognized that the data might apply
universally to the item, but didn't restrict use of $5 just to data
"of interest only to the location cited." OCLC's
bibliographic format instructions are currently written in a way that
seems somewhat narrower than the actual MARC definition "Use for
notes that do<b> not</b> apply to the universal description of the
item."<br>
Joe<br><br>
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At 12:40 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The library ID code indicates
where the information applies rather than where it originates,
though. If a reliable date for an undated publication can be
supplied from a particular library's acquisition records, wouldn't that
be a general note? A note in the master record saying
"Publication date from [Full Name of Library]'s acquisition
records" (without a library ID code) seems appropriate, since the
information applies to all copies.<br>
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EB.<br>
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Erin C. Blake, Ph.D. | Curator of Art & Special Collections | Folger
Shakespeare Library | 201 E. Capitol St. SE | Washington, DC 20003-1004 |
office tel. 202.675-0323 | fax 202.675-0328 | e-mail:
eblake@folger.edu<br>
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<b>From:</b> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu
[<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" eudora="autourl">
mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe
Springer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Library ID codes/$5 in master records<br>
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And there are other instances where $5 identifiers are appropriate in
master records. For example, you may find yourself doing original
cataloging of a work that does not bear a publication date, but local
records date the work reliably. This could mean a note such as
"Publication date from library's acquisition records. $5
[code]" At times you may do original cataloging of a work that
is not complete and about which you cannot find further details.
This may also warrant including in the master record information that
would normally appear only as a local note. <br>
Joe Springer<br>
Mennonite Historical Library<br><br>
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Joe Springer<br>
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