[DCRM-L] multivolume sets with signatures

Fri Jul 24 10:35:23 MDT 2020

I concur with Allison's method. At the Bancroft Library, we do the same
thing with multi-volume sets: two separate 500 notes, prefaced by
"Pagination" and "Signatures", respectively.

Ah, how I miss doing collation ... no opportunities for that from home
(sigh).

Randy

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 9:23 AM Rich, Allison <allison_rich at brown.edu>
wrote:

> 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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>>>>
>>> --
>>> ********************************
>>> "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
>>> ********************************
>>>
>>> --
> ********************************
> "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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Randal S. Brandt
The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
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