[DCRM-L] Cataloging Question - how to catalog differences in publisher's bindings

[Sarah Stanhope]

Good Morning All,

Thank you for these detailed responses! It has been quite helpful to see
how others are documenting these differences in bindings. This is exactly
what I was looking for!

Best,
Sarah

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 2:45 PM Madelene Kinraid <madelene.kinraid at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Kia ora Sarah,
>
> I think keeping both/ all copies on the same record and recording the
> binding information in a 563 is perfect. You might need to assign copy
> numbers to differentiate, I would use a separate 563 to describe the
> binding of each copy. At our library I would add the binding information in
> a 590 note, but that’s just our practice.
>
> Best wishes
> Madelene
>
>
>
> > On 24/04/2022, at 7:12 AM, Sarah Stanhope <sstanhop at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Good Afternoon All,
> >
> > I have a cataloging question that is hopefully not too obvious. I have
> come across this with mostly special collections items and am a bit unsure
> how to properly catalog these types of books.
> >
> > When you have two books with completely different bindings and the text
> blocks are identical, would you add the binding information to a 563 and
> add both items on the same record?
> >
> > Are there any other fields/notes that you commonly add or would suggest?
> I haven't really come across this scenario for items that have different
> dimensions. Other than the binding (sometimes quite different and more
> elaborate than the other), the text block and all the publication
> information matches.
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any suggestions or can point me in the
> right direction!
> >
> > My sincere thanks,
> > Sarah Stanhope
> > Hirsch Library
> > Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
>
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