[DCRM-L] Authors' inscriptions

[Anne Newnham]

Hi,
I really need some advice from the experts.

I'm still not sure about the difference between

Authors' autographs (Provenance), and
Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) and
Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

For example, we have a copy of a book inscribed "I shall always thank you, Mr. Harvey, for your kind encouragement,  Love and best wishes", and signed by the author.

Should I create a 655 field with one of the 3 terms listed above (or something else)?
Should I create a 700 field with the relator term $e autographer, $e inscriber, (or something else)?

And lastly, should I put this information on the OCLC copy of the record, or just on our local copy? And if on the OCLC copy, should I add a 500 note to justify them?  I will definitely have a 500 note in our local copy.

Thanks in anticipation.

Anne Newnham
Metadata Specialist
University of Auckland Library
Auckland, New Zealand
a.newnham at auckland.ac.nz

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