[DCRM-L] Rare book question

[Noble, Richard]

Treating it as a collection will obviate the situation in which you claim
to have a copy of a book when you actually have only a fragment of it.
Without access to your local record, one might have every reason to believe
that your copy is complete.

If you add an access point for the expression manifested by the book, then
it's possible to find your fragment in a unique record that describes it
and the other materials in the collection accurately, without adding mere
grit to the granularity of the larger database.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
<Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Stephen A Skuce <skuce at mit.edu> wrote:

>  Echoing Margaret’s consideration of the 16 printed pages, and whether
> they’re consecutive: either way, I think a good case could be made for
> cataloging the volume as a collection according to DCRM(B), Appendix B:
> collection-level records, though the case for that treatment is a bit
> stronger if the printed pages are non-consecutive.
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> What you’re describing is essentially a (very) small collection, 20%
> manuscript, that came to your library previously assembled and, it seems,
> well organized. Collection-level records do not have to be minimal, and
> employing copious notes and access points can result in a strong,
> researcher-friendly description of your volume, and provide very good
> intellectual access. And to echo another of Margaret’s points – whether
> you’re working in an environment that’s largely book-centered – such
> records integrate very nicely with records in a typical ILS. You can encode
> the record as type p, mixed materials.
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> One final word: appendix B is very easy to follow.
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> Stephen
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> Stephen Skuce
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> Program Manager for Rare Books
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> Institute Archives and Special Collections
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> MIT Room 14N-118
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> 77 Mass. Ave.
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Margaret F. Nichols
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 5:59 PM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Rare book question
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> This is a rather ambiguous case, Avrom, but I’ll venture in with my two
> cents and then we can see what others suggest. Since the work consists
> mainly of printed material from a book, I’d suggest cataloging it as a book
> with manuscript material in it, with code “a” in the “Type” element. You
> can describe the manuscript material and the binding in copy-specific notes.
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> I’m assuming that the printed pages are consecutive. If they’re not, and
> instead there’s a page here and a page there from the prayer book, that (to
> my mind) makes the item something closer to a scrapbook, and a little bit
> more of a candidate to be cataloged as an archival collection (in the sense
> of a unique collection consisting of mixed material) that’s bound together
> in a volume. But if you’re working mainly in the context of a library (i.e.
> book collection) and the manuscripts in the book aren’t of exceptional
> importance, you could still make a case for cataloging the volume as a
> book, since it’s mainly print material.
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> Good luck,
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> Margaret Nichols
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu
> <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Avrom E Shuchatowitz
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:44 AM
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Rare book question
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> I  work at the library of Yeshiva University in New York.  I am cataloging
> a rare item which is a compilation of Jewish prayers  in memory of the
> deceased.
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> I am not sure whether to call this a manuscript or a regular book.  It is
> privately compiled and bound.  The first page is a Ladino prayer
> handwritten in blue ink on lined note paper.  The next sixteen pages are
> printed Hebrew pages of prayers, extracted from an unidentified published
> prayer book.  The last three pages are again handwritten on lined note
> paper. It is a list of names and death dates in Hebrew.  All this is bound
> together in a piece of leather with a title mounted on a strip of tape on
> the front of it. This was probably compiled in New York in the 1950’s. No
> name is given of a compiler or organization.  My question , therefore, is
> what to consider this item as.  In the fixed field, what code do I give it
> in the “Type” element?
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> Please advise.
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> Avrom Shuchatowitz
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> Yeshiva University Library
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> New York, NY
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