[DCRM-L] Showing alternation of gatherings in MARC

[Deborah J. Leslie]

This has been my practice as well. I don't think a "superior dot" will
work, though, because isn't it a diacritic that goes directly above a
character? 

 

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My practice has been to use the dot in the center of the line, which is
available in the OCLC character set. Precedence for this can be found in
Examples to Accompany Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, 2nd ed. (see
Example 31).

Randy

Nickeson, Walter wrote: 

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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