At University College London we put binding info in the 562 field for copy
specific information - the field is repeatable so if one volume of a set
has one binding and another volume has a different one you can record each
in its own 562 field.
Regards,
Bill Lehm
Rare Books and Periodicals Cataloguer
Special Collections
University College London.
At 15:47 13/01/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Is there a MARC field for binding info? If not, where will be the
>logical place to display such data? Should each library use the local
>fields for such data?
>
>The scenario is that some publishers put out bound volumes, and most
>libraries would just order the bound volumes, in stead of having the
>loose issues prepared and sent to the bindery. When doing binding prep
>or inspection, with such data provided in the Bib recds, there will be
>less time and manpower wasted in physically inspecting the shelves to
>gather the info.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Mark Tang
>
>Stanley Associates
>Project Manager
>Law Library of Congress
>202-707-6249
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