<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I am a generalist Special Collections cataloger, far away from the HMS Victory. As such, I would catalog it as the model from the manufacturer. That way, the MARC record is useable by other institutions in OCLC. You can always add local notes and added entries for your model assembler. <div><br></div><div>I would be very thankful that it came assembled!!! 🙂</div><div><br></div><div>Julie Moore </div><div>Special Collections Catalog Librarian</div><div>Fresno State<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 9, 2020, at 7:13 AM, Jane Wickenden <<a href="mailto:jane.wickenden@zen.co.uk">jane.wickenden@zen.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I'd be inclined to treat the kit originator as the main author and the model builder as an editor, the resulting Victory being a sort of "edition" of the kit.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But what an interesting thing to be cataloguing!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jane</div><div dir="auto">(who is across the harbour from HMS Victory the original)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 9 Jan 2020, 14:48 Lapka, Francis, <<a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu">francis.lapka@yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I have at my desk an assembled model of HMS Victory, similar to this:
</span><a href="https://modelshipworld.com/topic/7688-shipyard-hms-alert-1777-196-scale-paper-model-kit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://modelshipworld.com/topic/7688-shipyard-hms-alert-1777-196-scale-paper-model-kit/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I’m debating whether to describe it as primarily the work of the kit manufacturer (a Polish firm) or as the work of the local fellow who assembled it, with some modifications and supplements to
the manufacturer’s design. Put another way: should I treat this as a multiple, or as a unique object? (If
<i>unassembled</i>, the decision would be easy.) The decision affects a host of fields, including main entry, place, and date.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">On a less complicated note: Does anyone know of an established relationship designator to convey the role of model maker? I haven’t found one.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I’m keen to hear your perspectives.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">(I recognize that this a special collections cataloging question, not strictly DCRM.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Francis Lapka<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Senior Catalogue Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Yale Center for British Art<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">francis.lapka@yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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