<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Kate,</div><div><br></div><div>

That’s a great question that’s been on my mind too. If you come across any resources or receive insights from others directly (but not through the listserv), I’d appreciate it if you could share them. I’m interested in learning more about best practices regarding this field.

</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Alex Audziayuk, MS, MDiv, MSLIS</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Assistant Archivist and Rare Books Curator</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Theosophical Society in America</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:aaudziayuk@theosophical.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">aaudziayuk@theosophical.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.theosophical.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.theosophical.org</a></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM James,Kate via DCRM-L <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1444504736179810455">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> DCRM-L <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Moody, Honor M. via DCRM-L<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2025 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Moody, Honor M. <<a href="mailto:honor_moody@harvard.edu" target="_blank">honor_moody@harvard.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [DCRM-L] use of bibliographic field 562<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Kate,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Harvard uses the 562 in our holdings records, and has some documentation in our
<a href="https://harvardwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/lxV_Aw?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMTJmZjBmNDAxNzRlNGU2ZmI4NjBlNmU4N2U5OWNiNjQiLCJwIjoiYyJ9" target="_blank">
Best Practice for MARC 21 Fields Describing Local Information</a>, which I believe is open to anyone (I can access it logged out, but it is possible that this is because I am on the local network).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the most common uses are to record imperfections and copy numbers from limitation statements.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">HARVARD LIBRARY<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Remote/onsite schedule:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: onsite<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> DCRM-L <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James,Kate via DCRM-L<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2025 2:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> James,Kate <<a href="mailto:jamesk@oclc.org" target="_blank">jamesk@oclc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] use of bibliographic field 562<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Do any of you use
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field 562</a> (Copy and Version Identification Note) in your cataloging and if so, can you tell me more about use cases either here or email me at
<a href="mailto:jamesk@oclc.org" target="_blank">jamesk@oclc.org</a>? Field 562 is not indexed in WorldCat so that may be one reason I don’t think I have seen it much when looking at records in Connexion. I also don’t remember using it in previous jobs cataloging rare materials.
 Links to records in your local catalogs would also be very appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please note--I am asking for myself so I can understand the field better, not because OCLC is planning any indexing changes. I looked at the Examples to Accompany DCRM(B) and DCRM(S), but didn’t
 see it in either one.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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