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'''These instructions document past practice for retrospective conversion of catalog cards.'''

'''Do not follow these instructions in current work.'''
* For page-level metadata in LUNA, see [[Page-level metadata]].
* For call number formatting, see [[Call numbers]].'''


:<code>act, scene, line</code> Spell out when devising a title or making a note. Use Arabic numerals and commas. (For capitalization and punctuation in authorized access points, follow RDA and LC/PCC policy standards.) <code>Twelfth night, act 2, scene 1, line 5</code>
:<code>after</code> Not 'ff.' or 'follows' or 'following'
:<code>ART</code> All caps when part of call number
:<code>copy</code> Not 'c.' or 'cop.' Also for copies, as in <code>copy 2-3</code>; not capitalized, use a space after the word copy
:<code>cs[no.]</code> When recording 'case numbers' omit any punctuation or space between the 'cs' and the number: e.g., cs 46 becomes <code>cs46</code>
:<code>Ex.ill.</code> No space after first period, no hyphen, lowercase 'i'
:<code>fol.</code> Folio; not 'f.' or 'fo' or 'fo.' or 'folio' when describing a leaf; BUT: folio when describing the shelf location) [art]
:<code>fol./fols</code> In a call number use <code>fol.</code> when referring to one or more numbered leaves within an item) [ms]
:<code>folio</code> When it is part of a shelf location [ms]
:<code>leaf/leaves</code> Use for 'f.', 'fol.' in 3xx and 5xx fields [ms]; use for "sig." in notes when referring to a leaf by its signature reference notation [books]
:<code>ms./mss.</code> Manuscript/manuscripts; (not MS or MSS) NSS: been using in 3xx (e.g. "1 ms. score"), but generally spelling out entire word in notes.
:<code>MS</code> When part of accession records beginning <code>MS Add</code>
:<code>no.</code> Number/numbers; not 'nos.' or 'num.'
:<code>p.</code> Page, pages in AACR2 3XX fields; spelled out in RDA and notes.  
:<code>PHOTO</code> All caps when part of call number, not 'Photo.' as on some cards
:<code>v.</code> For volume/volumes when used in 3XX fields and call numbers
:<code>Vol.</code> For volume, when in an <code>ART Vol.</code> call number [art]
:<code>vs.</code> Various; shows up in case number call numbers

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