[DCRM-L] Cataloging of single leaves

[Ryan]

Mike,

 

The note reads: HRC copy imperfect: wanting all but leaf lxxx (from I
Chronicles) and leaf cxi (from Esther). It's a sensible note, but I admit to
laughing. -Ryan

 

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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

 

Ann Myers

Special Collections Cataloger

Morris Library Mail Code 6632

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

605 Agriculture Drive

Carbondale, IL 62901

618-453-1499

amyers at lib.siu.edu

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Subject: [DCRM-L] Cataloging of single leaves

 

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. 

 

Thanks,

Ryan

 

--

Ryan Hildebrand

Book Cataloging Dept. Head

Harry Ransom Center

University of Texas at Austin

P.O. Box 7219

Austin, TX 78713-7219

512-232-1681

www.hrc.utexas.edu <http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> 

 

 

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