[DCRM-L] Cataloging of single leaves

Tue Apr 6 13:53:03 MDT 2010

Another important aspect to this is where the cataloger puts the note and how the opac displays it. We use holdings field 852 ‡z for all copy-specific notes. It's a stretch of the MARC 21 definition, which is supposed to be a public note about the location, but all things considered we're comfortable with this approach. The advantage: such notes display immediately with the copy to which they pertain, rather than being buried somewhere in general notes. E.g.,

http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=208274 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Ryan
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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

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Garabedian
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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

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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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