[DCRM-L] Showing alternation of gatherings in MARC

[Nickeson, Walter]

How to show, in MARC, the regular alternation of gatherings in a
signature statement? There is no superscript slash to use in something
like "A-M^8/4". A glance at some records in OCLC shows separating
superscript numbers with a slash, a superior dot or a dot in center of
line, and even a space. There is also the practice of using descriptive
text in place of superscripts, such as "A-M in alternate gatherings of 8
and 4."	

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  Walter F. Nickeson, Catalog &
    Metadata Management Librarian
  Rush Rhees Library
  University of Rochester
  Rochester, NY  14627-0055
  wnickeson at library.rochester.edu 
  (585) 273-2326  fax: (585) 273-1032
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