<font><font face="georgia,serif">Marilyn,</font></font><div><font><font face="georgia,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="georgia,serif">A further note: that initial "chi^2" is incorrect, since this is a prefixed/preliminary gathering not preceded by any actual or inferred element of the main series. So the correct formula is</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="georgia,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">pi^2 [superscript pi]A^4 A-O^4 P^4(-P4) Q^4 R^2</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="georgia, serif">Curiously, I can't quickly turn up a Bowers example of pi preceding a preliminary duplicate signature (with a superscript pi), but it seems logical enough. Someone else less absorbed in piles of trivial broadsides (my present condition) may have time to turn one up in the <i>Principles</i>.</font></div>
<div><font><font face="georgia,serif"><br clear="all"></font></font><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY<br>PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-3384 : <a href="mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU" target="_blank">RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU</a> </font></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Deborah J. Leslie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DJLeslie@folger.edu" target="_blank">DJLeslie@folger.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Hi Marilyn,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">In library cataloging under DCRM(B), the Greek character π (pi) should only be used when recording signatures signed with that character. I assume this would also extend to not using it as
a superscript. However, this particular point is moot because <sup>π</sup> (superscript pi) is not in the unicode character set and thus unavailable for use in online cataloging. Clumsy as it is, "[superscript pi]" and "[superscript chi]" is the correct way
to render that information.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070c0"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070c0">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003<br>
<a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070c0">djleslie@folger.edu</span></a></span>
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070c0">| <a href="tel:202.675-0369" value="+12026750369" target="_blank">202.675-0369</a> | <a href="http://www.folger.edu/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0070c0">http://www.folger.edu</span></a> </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070c0"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>] On Behalf Of Marilyn McClaskey<br>
Sent: Friday, 28 December 2012 17:14<br>
To: <a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a><br>
Subject: [DCRM-L] Signature special characters question<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Here is the statement I have devised. The issue is the duplicated A4 at the beginning. I understand I should use superscript pi ahead of the first one but neither Aleph nor Connexion has such a character.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div class="im">
<p>Is this bracketed awkwardness the best I can do and you will all<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>understand it? If I have misunderstood how to convey the situation,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>please advise.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><p>Signatures: chi² [superscript pi]A4 A-O4 P4 (-P4) Q4 R².<u></u><u></u></p><div class="im">
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>--<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Marilyn McClaskey<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>University of Minnesota Libraries<u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>