[DCRM-L] MARC coding (leader) for single-item manuscripts

[Christine DeZelar-Tiedman]

We use 't' for manuscripts. In addition to the methods you've described,
they can be distinguished from theses and dissertations in our catalog
(Alma/Primo) by giving them a separate material type. There are separate
material types for Manuscripts and Theses, which can be used as search
limiters in the Advanced Search options.

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> I'm keen to hear from list subscribers on local practices for coding of
> the MARC leader when cataloging single-item textual manuscripts (letters,
> diaries, etc.).
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> Following MARC guidance, the decision ought to be simple:
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>    - 06 type of record = t : manuscript language material
>    - 07 bibliographic level = m : monograph / item
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> Is everyone applying these codes for such material?
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> We (Yale) are reluctant to use code "t" for type of record, for fear that
> it will conflate such manuscripts with dissertations and theses (which are
> also coded "t") in our public catalog. Does your public catalog give you a
> mechanism to distinguish such manuscripts from theses? I recognize that the
> distinction ought to be possible based on the "Nature of contents" code in
> the 008 fixed field -- where we can flag theses with code "m" -- but is
> this a distinction that's made in any OPACs?
>
> There's also a temptation here to code single-item manuscripts with record
> type "p" (mixed materials). This is cheating, but it allows an OPAC facet
> or search limit for archives/manuscripts to be based on a single fixed
> field value. *But* it appears that OCLC will not accept records coded "p"
> and "m"; this is a major drawback, if true.
>
> As a slave to pragmatism, one begins to consider coding the records "p"
> and "c" (bibliographic level = collection), until a more elegant solution
> comes along (post-MARC?).
>
> Suggestions welcome.
>
> Francis
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