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Do not use MARC 506 for access restrictions to online resources. Use 852$h instead.
* Add a yellow "Do not remove from shelf" flag to the volume (flags are kept near the paper cutter
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0 - Resource (Use when the item being described is electronic in nature, such as an online jo
1 - Version of resource (Use for electronic images of the resource being described)
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...we're sticking with that for official use and preferring it over the AAT's use of the German plural "Sammelbände".
...call number (with each component item suffixed numerically - item 1, item 2, etc.). Therefore, follow standard Vault cataloging procedures. (This is in
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This is a good "do-ahead" cake, since the brandy syrup needs time to soak in...ahhh.
Have a bottle of brandy on hand—you'll need 1/2 c. to pour over fruit plus approx. 1 cup more for cake-soaking syrup. Two l
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==Basic use and searching==
'''Basic use:'''
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...atabase contains over 480,000 entries, and represents the holdings of some 2,000 libraries world-wide."
Do not confuse ESTC (pre-1801 imprints in an electronic resource) with STC (imprin
10 KB (1,517 words) - 09:02, 10 October 2023
...tions Note of the bibliographic record. For [[Exhibitions at the Folger]], use the wording from this list when updating the catalog. Starting in June 2014
...itions at the Folger]], but if you are not reasonably certain, it is safer not to include the information in the record.)
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...books. This project will have a significant impact on scholars' ability to use the Folger collection effectively.
...d by a Folger cataloger. For example, the book with call number "STC 22459.2" on the shelf has the STC (2nd ed.) number "22459a.5".
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...ing by learning to write it themselves. "Quill day" usually happens on day 2 of intensive paleographical training, once paleographers have been introduc
== One way to do it ==
8 KB (1,346 words) - 08:19, 6 September 2023
...h a library catalog is by asking a librarian for help! We know you want to do your ''own'' searching, but we know our collections well and we also know a
....) The varying levels of record quality mean that ''catalog information is not perfect''. This is another reason why we advise you to contact us if you ca
34 KB (5,491 words) - 12:58, 3 June 2023
...ss points in records of the library catalog. Authorized access points must not only be consistent, each one must be unique. Traditional library practice f
**personal names consisting entirely of initials when you do not know what the initials stand for
10 KB (1,503 words) - 16:08, 18 May 2023
...all MARC fields in file and compare each with Folger TIND use (MARC field use.xlsx) to identify conflicts and unnecessary fields
## Use MarcEdit's MARCValidator to identify and fix any remaining bad MARC
23 KB (3,443 words) - 11:34, 17 April 2024
...ng for the Folger's MARC documentation, please see the main [[MARC#Current use of MARC at the Folger|MARC]] page.
...re-purpose information already entered, add what they needed for their own use, and print as many cards as they needed (to file under author, title, subje
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...nce. Other marked-up play texts, also called promptbooks, provide evidence not of a prompter’s on-stage work, but of prior preparation.
...ensive changes were to condense the fourth and fifth acts where he deleted not only the popular gravediggers’ scene but also the fencing match between L
13 KB (1,845 words) - 09:47, 14 August 2023
...e directed the Working Group for Digital Inquiry, a group of humanists who use computers to assist in traditional humanities research. Witmore is also the
...idn't grow out of the other," Witmore says. "It turned out to work well to do the book first. It became an expanding circle, expanding out from the pictu
13 KB (1,910 words) - 09:32, 17 August 2020
...synonymous with ''shelfmark'' for Folger purposes (we're trying always to use "call number" these days). See [[MARC 852 Location]] for fuller instruction
...ffix is not needed to disambiguate call numbers (unlike "copy 1" and "copy 2") and is subject to change as shelving heights and folder sizes change.
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...combat the impermanent nature of online content, making future access and use possible. The Folger has been collecting and archiving select websites usin
...ctions in an archival format, and then serving the archives for access and use.” Web content is harvested through a process in which a [[wikipedia:Web_c
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'''2.''' Type the following URL in the browser window (or click on this link): h
...cuments available for transcription (this list is subject to change and is not exhaustive; let us know if you would like a Folger manuscript added or plac
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