[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Small Collections
These collections are often too small to have a guide--some contain
one or 2 items only. They really are miscellaneous. My first plan
was to do a MARC record for each collection, but the time involved
made me hesitate. (This repository has a staff of one--me.) The real
alternative is to do no MARC records at all and leave them in a local
database, which is the way I'm leaning at the moment.
Thanks for your comments.
Joy Kingsolver
At 01:01 PM 7/25/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Make one record for each separate collection--if you follow Mr. Hensen, you
>catalog from the collection guide, and each collection has its own guide.
>The thought of combining a bunch of separate collections into one record
>makes me shiver! Each collection, even if it is only one letter, is its own
>discrete entity and should have its own intellectual access. If the topics
>of each collection are fairly homogenous, it won't take you long to create a
>record. This way you give people with only access to OCLC or RLIN immediate
>access to the collections. I'd number them sequentially. Good luck!
>
>Sally Childs-Helton
>Special Collections/Rare Books Librarian
>Butler University Library
>4600 Sunset Avenue
>Indianapolis, IN 46208
>317-940-9265
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joy Kingsolver [mailto:joykings@MCS.NET]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 12:44 PM
>To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
>Subject: Small Collections
>
>
>Dear list members,
>
>I'm in the process of re-organizing our small collections
>(1 or 2 folders, usually) and thinking about different ways of
>numbering and cataloging them. Before I make final decisions,
>I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who can share their policies
>on this. Do you create a MARC record for each collection, or one
>MARC record for Small Collections, and list the folders in a
>local database? If you have a scheme that works for you, I'd like
>to hear about it. I thought this had been discussed on the list before,
>but wasn't able to turn up anything in the list archives.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Joy Kingsolver
>
>*******************************
>Joy Kingsolver, C.A.
>Archivist
>Chicago Jewish Archives
>Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
>618 South Michigan Ave.
>Chicago IL 60605
>
>archives@spertus.edu
>joykings@mcs.net
>312/322-1741
>*******************************
>
>A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!
>
>To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu
> In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
> *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES
>To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu
>
>Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
> http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html
>
>Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>
>
>A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!
>
>To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu
> In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
> *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES
>To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu
>
>Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
> http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html
>
>Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>
>
>
A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu
In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
*or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES
To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu
Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html
Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>