[DCRM-L] multivolume sets with signatures

[Rich, Allison]

It gets klunky and long no matter what. But it’s what we do, eh?

We separate our separate volume / part notes with semi colons instead of
double dashes. The JCB has always had two separate notes for pagination and
signatures when describing a multipart entity.

Have fun,
Allison


On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:08 Erin Blake <erin.blake.folger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Could be worse, you could have the 37-volume edition ;)
>
> I like Allison Rich's example of two 500 notes, one that begins
> "Pagination:" and one that begins "Signatures:".
>
> When it's all in the same 500 note, it's harder to figure out, because
> users are accustomed to seeing the label at the start of a Signatures note.
> See http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=174459 for an
> example of one that, in retrospect, would probably have benefitted from
> having separate notes.
>
> And just in case someone at the Folger does go back and edit it, here's
> what's there as of 2020-07-24, for the benefit of anyone reading this in
> the DCRM-L Archives:
>
> Vol. 1. Signatures: A¹² (-A12) B¹² C⁶ D-T¹². Pagination: [2], li, [5],
> 383, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 2. Signatures: A-Q¹². Pagination:
> 384 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 3. Signatures: A-T¹²; T12 blank.
> Pagination: 454 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 4. Signatures: A-T¹² U¹²
> (-U11-12). Pagination: 476 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 5. Signatures:
> A-R¹². Pagination: 408 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 6. Signatures: A-P¹².
> Pagination: 360 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 7. A-P¹² Q⁶. Pagination:
> 371, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 8. Signatures: A-S¹² T-Z⁶ 2A⁶
> (-2A6). Pagination: 427, [75] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 9. Signatures:
> A-S¹². Pagination: 426, [6] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 10. Signatures:
> A⁶ B-U¹². Pagination: xii, 453, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Erin.
>
>
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> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:47 AM Rich, Allison <allison_rich at brown.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> 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,
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Melissa J. Harris, MLIS, MA*
>>> Library Database and Catalogue Specialist
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>> --
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>> "Outside of a dog,
>> a book is probably man's best friend,
>> and inside of a dog,
>> it's too dark to read.
>> - Groucho Marx"
>>
>> 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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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"

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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