<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hi Iris, </span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">At Columbia, we have similarly investigated a suitable place to record the call number that will be retained in the master bibliographic record. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">For manuscripts cataloged according to Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Manuscripts (AMREMM), we record current shelfmark in a general note field (MARC 500), following instruction 7B19, and former shelfmarks, following 7B17. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">We recently decided to do the same for manuscripts cataloged also according to </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts) (DCRM(MSS)), though it doesn’t have an equivalent instruction for current shelfmark. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.3"><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Matt </span></h1><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">Rare Book Cataloger</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">102 Butler Library</span></div><div><font style="font-size:13pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Columbia University </span></font><span style="font-size:13pt;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Libraries</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">E-mail: <a href="mailto:matthew.haugen@columbia.edu">matthew.haugen@columbia.edu</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">Phone: </span><a href="tel:212-851-2451" style="font-size:13pt">212-851-2451</a><div dir="ltr"><font><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 26, 2019, at 10:20 AM, O'Brien, Iris <<a href="mailto:Iris.O'Brien@bl.uk">Iris.O'Brien@bl.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not familiar with manuscript cataloguing so I am hoping that the manuscript cataloguers among you will be able to answer the questions below that were sent to me by a Dutch colleague:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">In the Dutch practice it is customary to enter the call number of the manuscript in the bibliographic record (and of course also in the 852 of the holding record). The point is to distinguish between unica, where
the call number is the identifier. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">The problem is that we cannot find a suitable MARC tag or subfield. OCLC has converted the call number/identifier to 245 $f, but that is improper use.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">We have looked into several options:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">- Tag 090 (Locally assigned LC-type call number): not applicable. Also field 090 is not retained in the master record if field 050 contains a call number.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">- Tag 099 (Local free-text call number): field 099 does not remain in the master record.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">- Tag 524 (Preferred citation of described materials note): only text in $a possible, no specific subfields. Also: field 524 is not indexed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">- Tag 852 (Location): Field 852 does not remain in the master bibliographic record.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">- Tag 710 (Added entry – corporate name): specific subfield possible, e.g. 710 2#$aMontevergine (Abbey).$bBiblioteca.$kManuscript.$nScaffale XXIII, 171.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">This option if often used in RDA/DCRMMSS records in WorldCat.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Our questions are: Is this custom known in the Anglo/American practice? If so, how is it applied? Or are there other ways to indicate the uniqueness of a manuscript?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Iris O’Brien</p>
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