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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Happy Friday, everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I had always thought that recording the number of a numbered copy publicly was not only useful for patrons who might want to look at a specific copy, but was also considered
good theft prevention/theft retrieval practice. However, I’ve recently been asked to either stop recording these, or to record the number privately, in part due to concerns that it identifies a limited run copy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I am wondering if folks on this list have any thoughts one way or the other—I have been wrong before, but if my understanding is correct, I would like to push back on
this request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Honor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Honor Moody<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Metadata Creation Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Harvard Library Information and Technical Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">honor_moody@harvard.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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