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<div>First thanks for those who responded to my question on signatures and the *</div>
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<div>As I review the policy guidelines inherited from my predecessors, I am trying to evaluate the relator guidelines which call for both $e the term and $4 the code, presumably in an effort to cover variations in how different systems handle this data. Voyager
ignores $4 (at least in our set up) while Encore reads both, producing redundant information.</div>
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<div>Except for music cataloguing (which uses the code, not the term), general collections cataloguers here pretty much ignore relators unless they are present in OCLC records. (Following our recent down-sizing, relator terms did not make the cut as required
data in our developing “good enough” record for gen col)</div>
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<div>Are we alone in using both? Is one or the other to be preferred? </div>
<div>Thanks Chas.</div>
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<div>Charles F. Tremper</div>
<div>Catalogue Librarian</div>
<div>Special Collections Research Center</div>
<div>Syracuse University Library</div>
<div>(315) 443-9775</div>
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