[DCRM-L] multivolume sets with signatures

[Rich, Allison]

I have catalogued these volumes.
They are absolutely beautiful.

What we do is to put in two separate 500 notes:

500 Pagination: v. 1: ... etc.
500 Signatures: v. 1: ... etc.

Enjoy cataloguing this beautiful set.
Allison

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:39 Melissa Harris <melissa at osgf.org> wrote:

> Good morning,
> I am new to this digest. I am working on a 23 volume set of rare books, "Description
> de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été
> faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française...." The
> library wants to catalog them as one bibliographic record, but each book
> has it's own unique and lengthy signature, which the library wants to be
> expressed within the record. What is the best way to catalog these
> multivolume collections? The 505 field seems awkward to me, the field would
> be so large and cumbersome. I appreciate your input.
> Best,
>
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Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer

ESTC and NACO Coordinator

John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu
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