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Unit: Database Quality
Date last updated: 02/0128/20172018
Date of next review: January 20182019
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Overview
Material Eligible for Rare Annex
Processing
Procedure
Physical Examination of the Book
Editing the Voyager Record
Special Cases
Mulitivolumes
Bound With
Charged or Missing Volumes
Sending A Book To Conservation
Book Returned from Conservation
Slavery or Nathan Location
Provenances (Former Owners)
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Research universities carry significant responsibilities for preserving the printed heritage under their care. Cornell University Library takes this responsibility seriously, and is committed to providing adequate protection and security for all its historic materials. As appropriate, library units should inventory their general collections to identify materials appropriate for transfer to a special collections facility. Cornell Library's Annex facility also provides units with a secure housing option for low use items of long term historical value, or for items that are at risk of theft or damage on the open shelves. Such items may be assigned to the Rare Annex location, from which they will circulate only to a secure, observed reading room on the central Cornell campus. At Cornell, all items printed before 1851 1865 must be provided with secure, climate-controlled storage and monitored reading room access. In addition, materials printed after 1850 and before 1930 should be evaluated for significant artifactual, historical, or market characteristics and assigned to a location best suited to ensure long term preservation and use. Full criteria for Cornell University Library's transfer guidelines are available on the staff web at Policy on Transfer of General Collection Material to Special Collections.
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