[DCRM-L] Cataloging of single leaves

[Mike Garabedian]

I don't have a solution but I was just wondering, Ryan, what the local note
says when all you have is two leaves.  "Incomplete copy; all but leaves A2
and A3 wanting"?

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Ann Myers <amyers at lib.siu.edu> wrote:

>  We have just started investigating the same issue here. Most of our
> single leaves are manuscripts with the added challenge of not being able to
> identify the work from which they originated, so cataloging those as single
> leaves makes the most sense. However, we have also cataloged a few Caxton
> leaves as single leaves – we were uncomfortable with giving the impression
> that we have the whole book when all we have is a leaf, especially knowing
> how few patrons read the local notes in our records. For examples, see OCLC
> # 317410156 and # 438949187. I don’t know if this is the best approach,
> but it was the best solution we came up with at the time.
>
>
>
> --Ann
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> Ann Myers
>
> Special Collections Cataloger
>
> Morris Library Mail Code 6632
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> Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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> 605 Agriculture Drive
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> Carbondale, IL 62901
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> 618-453-1499
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> amyers at lib.siu.edu
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Ryan
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:40 AM
>
> *To:* 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Cataloging of single leaves
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> Has anyone approached the cataloging of an individual leaf (or leaves) in a
> manner in which the physical description reflects only what you have (vs.
> DCRM(B) 5B1.1)? The question is prompted by a loan request in which the
> requester did not realize that our "copy" was merely two leaves of a
> publication. This information is stated in a local note, but one of our
> public services librarians feels that this is not a very user friendly way
> of saying we have only two leaves.
>
>
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> Thanks,
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> Ryan
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>
>
> --
>
> Ryan Hildebrand
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> Book Cataloging Dept. Head
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> Harry Ransom Center
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> University of Texas at Austin
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> P.O. Box 7219
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> Austin, TX 78713-7219
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> 512-232-1681
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> www.hrc.utexas.edu
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