[DCRM-L] Pagination for Volume with Possible Missing Leaves

[Cronquist, Michelle J]

Hi Chris,

There is RDA 3.4.5.6 Incomplete Volume, which says to do the following if the manifestation in hand is incomplete: xxiv, 179 pages (incomplete)

That doesn't exactly cover the situation where you're not sure whether it's incomplete or not, but I think you could handle that in a 500 note in conjunction with adding (incomplete) to the 300.

Michelle
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Hello all,



(I wasn't sure if I should post this here or AUTOCAT. This is a modern book; we are not treating it as "rare" or using DCRM(b) to catalog it. But it is a unique copy and my question is similar to others that often come up with rare materials. Let me know if you'd prefer that I post it on AUTOCAT instead.)



We're creating an original record for a cookbook. The copy is a spiral-bound volume with considerable damage. The back cover is missing and several of the leaves at the end are partly torn from the spiral binding.



The last leaf in this copy has a verso with page number 248 and is a section for the reader to add handwritten notes. It's not clear if this is actually the last leave of the original publication or if other leaves with numbered pages are missing from the copy in hand.



Does anyone have any recommendations regarding how to handle the 300 $a and 5XX fields to show that the cataloger was unsure if they had a complete copy in hand?



The book was published in 1986, and the publisher no longer exists; otherwise, I would reach out to them.



Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!



Chris


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