[DCRM-L] Collated & Perfect

[Margaret Nichols]

One thought that occurs to me is that since 
people don't always remove the previous 
institution's notes from the record when they 
copy it for their own institution, the "collated 
& perfect" note might end up being misleading in 
those cases. On the other hand, if the note 
begins with "Folger copy" or the like, I suppose 
that removes that danger (except for the 
occasional extremely unobservant patron).

Hope this doesn't sound too muddled--it's Monday ...

Cheers,

Margaret Nichols

At 05:02 PM 7/14/2007, you wrote:

>At ALA annual this year, RBMS  co-sponsored a 
>program with MAGERT on library map security. One 
>of the speakers was Smiley's prosecuting 
>attorney, who stated that a catalog record that 
>didn't mention imperfections wouldn't stand up 
>in court as evidence that it had no 
>imperfections at the time it was cataloged; a 
>defense attorney would merely need to find a few 
>examples of cataloging that failed to mention 
>existing imperfections at the time of cataloging.
>
>It occurred to me that for cataloging rare 
>materials, it might be worth considering 
>incorporating the old "collated & perfect" 
>(sometimes abbreviated "c.&p.") note that 
>booksellers and collectors used to pencil into 
>books or include in descriptions. I'm imagining 
>something like this, where a note on the state 
>of the volume's completeness would come at the 
>front of all copy-specific notes:
>
>590 Folger copy: C.&p. DJL 20070714. Bound in <
>
>
>Thoughts?
>
>_____________________________
>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
>Head of Cataloging
>Folger Shakespeare Library
>djleslie at folger.edu
><http://www.folger.edu>http://www.folger.edu

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Margaret Nichols
Head, Special Collections Materials Unit
Library Technical Services
110 Olin Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY. 14853-5302
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