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- To record provenance, add a 700 1_ (or 710 2_) field with the following:
- Name heading copied from 100/110 field of authority record (if there is no authority record for the person, then follow the instructions for a gift)
- $4fmo to indicate bookplate or stamp
- $4sgn to indicate signature
- $4ins to indicate inscription Example: 700 1__$a White, Andrew Dickson,$d1832-1918.$4fmo
- If provenance includes the phrase "From the Income of a bequest made by__", no provenance note is added to the bib record.
- To record a gift, add a 541 field with the following: Rare Annex copy #: (use original location copy#) Gift of __. Example: 541__Rare Annex copy 1: Gift of Henry W. Sage. (leading withleading indicators both BLANK).
- In all cases, add the following:
Add$dNIC at end of the 040 field if you have added any new 541 and/or 700/710 fields (if it does not already appear)to the record.
3. Update the holdings record:
- Update the Permanent Location field as follows:
- Change olin, uris,or rmc,ice to rmc,anx
- Change ech, sasa, or was to ech,ranx, sasa,ranx or was,ranx
- Add a public Holdings Note (note type: note) with description of binding type.
- Add a NON-public Holdings note (note type: note) with the appropriate transfer note
Example:
- If you have recorded provenance, add it to the public Holdings note with the binding information, with the evidence of ownership (e.g. bookplate, signature, inscription) in parentheses.
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- See also below for examples of more than one previous owner
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- If the work was inscribed by the author, note this specifically by including inscribed by the author within the parentheses.
- If the work has a gift letter, postcard, or other item tipped in, state
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- its location after the binding type.
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- Example: $zGift letter tipped in front.
- Update the item record
- In all cases, change these fields to the following:
- Perm Loc.: RMC Annex, Echols Rare Annex, South Asia Rare Annex or Wason Rare Annex
- Item Type: nocirc
- If the item is in a preservation box or has loose items such as newspaper clippings inside the cover, count the pieces and enter number in Pieces field.
- In all cases, change these fields to the following:
- If no item record has yet been created, create one and affix the barcode to the first leaf of the book
- Send the item to Annex Library
- Insert orange Annex flyer in item
- Place item on Annex book truck in Physical Processing area.
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