[DCRM-L] capturing recent prices in digital scans: yes or no?

[Schneider, Nina]

Hi all,

I thought I would ask the opinion of this group since we have begun to encounter a sticky widget as we move forward digitizing our collections...

Is there a general consensus  of whether or not, when photographing/scanning a volume (from front to back, including blanks), to keep (i.e. not redact) the price that the former owner paid for a book? Perhaps older prices aren’t too controversial, but what if someone paid a significant amount -- and that price was written on an endpaper or printed on a bookseller’s description that is adhered to an endpaper – and then donated the book? Or, if a book has been sold at a recent auction and then re-sold to a library for a bit more, what then?

I don’t see anything that would help in the RBMS guidelines and standards, so I’m just wondering if there’s a common practice of full disclosure or silent omission. I realize the answers depend on a number of factors (type of institution, deed of gift, etc.), but hoping for some guidance.

Thank you!

Nina


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Nina M. Schneider
Rare Books Librarian
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA  90018
(323) 731-8529

nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
http://www.clarklibrary.ucla.edu/

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