[DCRM-L] recording numbered copies publicly

[Randal S. BRANDT]

Honor,

I also agree with you. The Bancroft Library routinely records the copy
number in a public note (we use 590). I'm also curious about what harm it
could do to give this information publicly.

Randy

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 12:18 PM Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Honor. I agree with your take, which I believe is common practice.
> Could you elaborate on “… due to concerns that it identifies a limited
> run copy.” What harm could this cause, and to whom?
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> Francis
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Moody, Honor M.
> *Sent:* Friday, December 13, 2019 2:39 PM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] recording numbered copies publicly
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> I received an email off list, so wanted to clarify—this is in reference to
> a recording specific copy number in a 562, in addition to the generic
> limitation statement in the bib record.
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Moody, Honor M.
> *Sent:* Friday, December 13, 2019 2:32 PM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] recording numbered copies publicly
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> Happy Friday, everyone.
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> I had always thought that recording the number of a numbered copy publicly
> was not only useful for patrons who might want to look at a specific copy,
> but was also considered good theft prevention/theft retrieval practice.
> However, I’ve recently been asked to either stop recording these, or to
> record the  number privately, in part due to concerns that it identifies a
> limited run copy.
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> I am wondering if folks on this list have any thoughts one way or the
> other—I have been wrong before, but if my understanding is correct, I would
> like to push back on this request.
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> Best,
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> Honor
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> Honor Moody
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Randal S. Brandt
The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
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