[DCRM-L] Who still uses 245$h, or wishes they could?

[Washington, Brittney]

Hi Erin,

At my previous institution and the one I'm at now we use the $k to indicate the form for manuscripts and other non-book materials and that seems to do the trick as far replacing the usefulness of the $h. That being said, when I was preparing to respond to you I took a look at what exactly the difference between the $h and the $k is and I'm confused about the distinction. My life kind of flashed before my eyes for a minute there worrying I've been using the $k incorrectly all these years so I'm curious - is there any particular reason why y'all have chosen $h over $k?

Brittney


Brittney Washington
Rare Book Cataloging Coordinator
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania



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Subject: [DCRM-L] Who still uses 245$h, or wishes they could?

Hello! I'm curious to know if others out there still use MARC 245$h locally in order to display GMD. Alternatively, if you've dropped 245$h, do you wish you could have continued to use it?

Even though AACR2's General Material Designation went away with RDA, the subfield still exists in the the MARC standard (as 245$h - Medium) and we find it handy at the Folger. We have lots of manuscripts, art, and objects in the collection, and 245h allows people skimming lists of titles to tell that the title doesn't belong to a book.

For example, four similar-looking titles (two manuscripts and two printed books):

*           Letter from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, Greenwich, to Don Ferdinando de'Medici, Grand-Duke of Tuscany [manuscript], 1594 September 9.

*           A letter from M. Voltaire to the French Academy : containing an appeal to that society on the merits of the English dramatic poet Shakespeare

*           Letter from the committee of Ulster Volunteers to the Duke of Richmond...

*           Letter from the heirs of Cappioni to Bartholomeo Corsini in London [manuscript], 31 October 1586.

Also, our OPAC isn't currently configured to display an icon based on the LDR/06, so in the context of the search results screen, 245$h is the only way to tell  manuscripts, still images, maps, etc. from printed text.

Thanks,

Erin

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